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Are they replacing them with something else hence the sale?

Hope you had a great birthday Ari!! Happy belated birthday man!!

Yay...1-day apart...Have a great Birthday Shelly!

Thanks everyone. It sure feels strange being 35. Heading to my brother in law's restaurant for a great dinners.

While at it ask him to get the screen protector as well as a USB OTG cable specially made for the ZX1 as well. The ZX1 will output digital out to many DACs (not all) via this cable. I can look up the exact model number later. Getting the ZX1 for around $550 is a steal.

Yay to Brent!!

If you can live with the 128GB internal memory...the ZX1 is a stellar player at all counts especially for CIEMs. I have the X5 right now and the ZX1's interface & UI is so much nicer. Also don't forget that the ZX1 can stream loosless & hi-rez files from the wifi drive too...so space is less of an issue.

I think the buyer has to purchase two Questyle amps in order to take advantage of a balanced design. By that point it is the same price as the GS-X MK2. That Questyle amp is a mono-block design. It sounded good and the build quality is very Ayre like. Still the GS-X MK2 is more transparent and dead neutral to my ears. I wonder how much better is the Balanced Dynahi to the GS-X MK2. Maybe KG can share his thoughts on this.

Brent, I don't have the HF-2...only your AriPower. I really had a blast listening to your amp last night.

Al, You need to add the GS-X MK2 to your impressive collections. It is such a transparent and neutral sounding amp with a craftsmanship to match. Work wonder on the HD800 and my R10 as well.

It was great hanging out with Brent and his friend Brian. Brent had to leave a little earlier but was kind enough to let me audition his AriPower in my own envioroment. Justin's GS-X MK2 charmed everyone at the meet in exception to one junior headfier who kept reminding me that his Questyle CMA800R is just as good in single-ended operation. I thought that his amp was good sounding especially with the HD800 but the GS-X MK2 is clearly more transparent to these ears. On a side note, he is in love with Cavalli Liquid Glass though. His AKG812 was good sounding as well but has such cheap build quality. Thanks John & A-VCOA for hosting this event. We did have a really good time. Next time, I'll bring less gears to the meet. Too much work packing/unpacking on my end.

K1000 will be a great out of my GSX-MKII! I say, bring it along.

You can bring your desktop gears. Would love to hear your K1000 & black beauty amp again. I'm bringing home amps myself.

Fitz....we miss you man...glad you are still around.

Hope you can make it Brent!

Thanks John for posting this. I have yet to hear from Brent whether he will be able to make the trip or not. I'm in for sure. Will bring GS-X MK2 & balanced HD800 for others to check out. Also, Matrix Digital will send several desktop amp/DAC for us to audition including the X-Sabre DSD DAC. Additionally, Phil La Rocco of Triad Audio will also send his ePhi OTL tube amp & L3 portable amp. I'll bring my Pico Power, slim, and DAC/amp as well.

Get your ZX1 update to the latest firmware. After the update, my ZX1 sounds more effortless with less midbass hump. The lower bass also appear to be deeper as well as the soundstage. It is more refined overall.

To give a value rating of five stars is just way out of line for me. Of course, he probably get a deep discount. Has anyone here actually auditioned the Liquid Gold?

I actually feel bad for the Lau early adopters. This amp first came out at 6.5K but dropped to 3.9K. Wonder if those people will continue to buy from Alex. I'm just very happy to have my GS-X MKII.

I agree with you Al. Shelly, you can start out collecting a match pair instead of a match quad. The BHSE will tolerate a two set of match pair as long as the tested values are not too far apart. I was able to pick up a match Quad of XF4 & XF3 for around $200 shipped. I can't detect any sonic difference between them either.

How much better is the Roxanne to the original 13 pro? Thanks guys.

The Hugo is probably a pretty decent deal compared to what Astell & Kern is charging for the AK240.

Birgir....wow dude...what an awesome build man!

Have a great 35th birthday Mike!! Hope you are able to take off work on Friday to enjoy your awesome Tannoy!!

Have a great birthday as well!