Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
If you're just looking for something to squelch your internal rabid consumer, this is really not the site for you.
And... I know about custom, small business, build to order. I waited for my custom ZMF headphones and I am waiting for my custom Amp and Sound head amp now. Those are custom. This DAC is not custom... This DAC is a new product that a company (massdrop) is bringing to market.
Since taking part in the HD6xx, LCx and CTH drops I've come to realize that I have better things to do with my cash than front MD the money to bring something into production. This isn't Kickstarter (where I expect to wait and take a risk)
I would propose that MD get the product far enough into production that they open the drop 3 mths away from delivery, rather than 6+ months. I agree they need to take their time and get it right, but on their dime. If the goal is that we're supposed to look at MD Made as crowd funding, then fine... make the incentives worthwhile.
The cable and credit just aren't an incentive (for me) to join this drop. If the final product is as good the pre-production units, then I'll pick one up when it becomes a regular Massdrop Made item (ie, like the HD6xx and CTH).
Kidding of course. Yeah, six months is quite a long time and when one considers the rapid rate of development in electronics/audio/computers etc.., it's entirely possible you may end up taking delivery of a "Classic" piece of technology, rather than the cutting edge component this thing claims to be. And of course, there's always the bit about first production run fuck ups and the inevitable V2's and V3's to follow.
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A "pre-order group buy to get the funds to have the thing made" isn't "kind of like kickstarter"... it is exactly like kickstarter.
And my point is that there isn't enough reward here for the risk. Either the "first-adopter" price needs to be significantly lower, or they need to significantly reduce the timeline.
And like cliff diving in Acapulco, it's better to observe some activities from the sidelines, before deciding to jump in...