Edwin

Managed to get hold of digi01, and he confirmed that the diamond buffer boards sadly, will not be fulfilled. According to him, I will refund the cost of each buffer boards, US$2 for every PCB order. As for those who have ordered the assembled buffers, he will fulfill these orders and will be sending over 4 assembled sets over for those who ordered the assembled version. For those who are in this Group Buy for the diamond buffer PCB, please kindly contact me, Edwin @ 91713779, to discuss the refund arrangement. As for those who are expecting the assembled version(4 orders), please bear with me for a while more while the buffers are being sent over.

Sorry for all the troubles guys. Been really busy lately cos just switch job 2 months ago and this MO thingy just slipped my mind. Thanks to a few of the guys who actually reminded me that I still need to sort out the diamond buffer issue. Truthfully, I had not been talking to digi01 for the past 2 months cos my new workplace dun permit external internet connection, and my usual communication with digi01 was thru' MSN messenger. I would need to do some catch up on the latest happenings on the development first. And I will try to communicate with digi01 thru' email, to see what's the actions to be taken from here. By the way, think I still owe one guy in Canada his PCB boards. I am really sorry about this guys, hope you guys can give me a few more days to sort this mess out.

Hi guys, sorry for the lack of updates, I would like to arrange for a collection for the SOHA boards tomorrow afternoon at 2pm. The place for meeting up will be Jaben @ Adelphi. I will be bring down the whole lot of the boards, please do pop by to pick up yours, else will need to find another suitable timing to pass to you again. Will try to stay around Adelphi for as long as I can, or until the missus complains... Hope to see you there.

Ermm... I can't recall receiving an international order. But never mind, just pm me your address and I will try to sent it out to you by latest this weekend k?

Sorry for the wait guys. I'm a free man til the 15th which is another exam paper. Technically we can arrange to meet at Jaben this weekend, let's say around 2pm? Or for those who are can't wait to lay their hands on the boards, can collect them from me at YCK MRT station around 6:30pm?

Sorry guys, I'm tied up with work and assignment again... Rushing my work out cos due this weekend. Maybe we can arrange for a time next week to pass the boards over? For those who would prefer to pick it up this week maybe can you pop by YCK MRT station around 6:30pm anyday this week to pick up yours? Please do sms me @ 91713779 the night before to let me know that you are coming so I can bring the boards to work with me. Sorry for the delay, this time is my fault...

藏，我收到您的包裹了。多谢了，板子安然到达我们这里。 Good news guys, I have just received the first shipment from digi01. This shipment only has the main SOHA boards, which we can start to get the parts and the soldering. I will try to get more info from digi01 on when the buffers and caps which we have also ordered will be send out. So, those who are in the GB, can we arrange for a convenient time and location so that I can pass you the SOHA boards? Maybe let's say over the weekend? Let's hear the suggestions or opinions.

Wow... Thanks for keeping this thread updated, Qsliver. Sorry guys, I have been tied up with both work and school, that's why not been updating the thread as often as I wanted. The latest update is that the boards were shipped out by digi01 last weekend, I am keeping my fingers crossed hoping to receive them early next week. This MO has really been dragging for too long. Thanks for being patient. Ed

Think I saw a few of those plastic casing at Sim Lim Towers level 3. MAybe we can organize a small gathering to go down to buy parts? Anyway, I will not be collecting the additional payments just yet, thinking might as well collect from you guys when I pass you the orders??? This should makes things much easier.

Good news guys, the ETA for our boards, according to digi01, will be the 15th of July. Would like to apologise for the delay as he wanted to make the design as perfect as possible. In the mean time, can those in the Group Buy who are topping up for the extra boards and diamond buffers, please make a fund transfer of the remaining payment to my bank account? Please let me know when you have made the payment.

Sorry for the lack of update guys... Been busy with school, just got my exams over with last Friday. Here is the consolidation of the decision from those in the GB. Please do let me know if there is any mistake that I may make cos been looking at text for the past week, so vision still kind of blurry... 1)Edwin - 2 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB 2)Qsilver - 2 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 1 3)heady - 1 SOHA PCB w/ assembled diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 1 4)Kippei - 1 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 3 5)[Top-Gun] - 1 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 3 6)chins - 2 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 3 7)ridz- 1 SOHA PCB w/ assembled diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 2 8)mb3k - 1 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 3 9)rko - 1 SOHA PCB w/ assembled diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 2 10)Tetsusaiga - 1 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 3 11)haxyer - 1 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 3 12)whiskeyjack - 1 SOHA PCB w/ assembled diamond buffer PCB *paid* Option 2 Anyway, I will pass the info to digi01 to see how is the order like, whether can he fulfill the quantity that we wanted. Also, the last thing that I had heard from digi01, before I retreated for my revision, was that the design for the boards have been finalized. He is in the stage of putting the prototypes thru some testing. Should be able to deliver by the end of this month.

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Sorry for disappearing and not updating this thread for so long, been busy with my school assignment for the past week. ANyway, managed to grab hold of digi01, learnt from him of a few things: First and foremost, the bad news, it seems like the shipment for our boards will be delay til the end of June. This is due to the revision of the current design to integrate the different suggestions brought up by the guys over at headwize. But digi01 assured me that the final version would be a better one as compared to the current one, which can be translated to easier assembly on our side. So please those in the Group Buy please bear with the delay. If you have doubts, please feel free to give me a pm, sms or ring to clarify, or if you would prefer to get hold of the boards made using the current design, can also pop me a pm or call. Now for the good news. From what I have learnt from Qsilver and I have double confirmed with digi01, the prices of the boards has came down. It is now about US$10 per piece inclusive of shipping to Singapore. So now I would need to get understanding from the people here, how you guys would like to have for the additional money that we have paid. digi01 has suggested a few possibilities: 1) Top up another US$5 for another additional SOHA board 2) Some capacitors of value US$5 to be shipped with the SOHA boards 3) Top up to get assembled diamond buffers (Limited quantities) So please those in the GB, please kindly express your intentions to me so that I can convey the message over to digi01. Thanks!!!

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I have 3 spare used RCA cleartops that I have acquired thru' Ebay to let go. They are tested very strong by the seller, but are not tested by me yet, as I am lacking the proper equipment to do so. Anyone interesting in getting a pop from me @ $20? Consider a Russian tube would already cost $10, why not get a vintage high-end tube for your SOHA?

Thanks for helping me to update the latest happening, Qsilver. Yup, this is the batch of pcb that we will be getting from digi01. According to him, the designed has been finalized and will be sent to the manufacturer soon.

Still up looking for offers

1)Edwin - 2 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB 2)Qsilver - 2 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* 3)heady - 1 SOHA PCB w/ assembled diamond buffer PCB *paid* 4)Kippei - 1 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* 5)[Top-Gun] - 1 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* 6)chins - 2 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* 7)ridz- 1 SOHA PCB w/ assembled diamond buffer PCB *paid* 8)mb3k - 1 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* 9)rko - 1 SOHA PCB w/ assembled diamond buffer PCB *paid* 10)Tetsusaiga - 1 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* 11)haxyer - 1 SOHA PCB w/ diamond buffer PCB *paid* 12)whiskeyjack - 1 SOHA PCB w/ assembled diamond buffer PCB *paid* 13)Fang - 1 SOHA PCB w/assembled diamond buffer PCB

Think it should not be a problem to change your order to the assembled diamond buffer. Just kindly remit the difference to me... Should be S$32...

Changing this to a for sale thread. Thinking of moving on to a hi-fi setup, thus looking to pass this pair of headphones to someone who will appreciate them more than me. The headphone is in pristine condition with about 200 hours of burning in clocked. Actual 'on the head' usage is about 20 hours, and they were carefully wiped clean and stored in a air-tight container after use. They still have that new headphone smell. I have the original box in like new condition too and the receipt from Stereo which makes the 1 year warranty to February next year a non-issue. Looking to this sell these limited edition, like new babies for $450. Those interested, please kindly pm or sms to 91713779 to discuss.

Thanks Qsilver for bring this to my attention. I have conversed with digi01 on the SOHA revision issue and it seems like he would be releasing an improved version of the pcb to allow the use of better capacitors. The new boards would only be ready in 20 days' time which is towards the end of this month. Thus I would like to check the overall opinions on whether are you guys in the rush to get your boards or would you rather wait for the new revision? I will try to arrange with digi01 on the possiblility of doing 2 shipment if there is a need for delivery now. Those who have placed their orders, please do let me know of your opinions and concerns...

Good news, digi01 is in the process of doing a revision for his SOHA board, thus shipment will be slightly delay. IF you want to join us, please send me a pm with your order and add yr name to the list in the earlier post.

Thanks for pointing out my mistake squalle. I'm really a newbie when it comes to electronics. The parts list has been updated accordingly.