blessingx Posted January 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Hope this doesn't cause an aneurysm for anyone here... http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/geek-pulse-a-digital-audio-awesomifier-for-your-desktop-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 I don't get it. (Probably because I haven't been avidly following all the minute changes.) EDIT: Oh, it's a whole second campaign. Never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebby Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Hope this doesn't cause an aneurysm for anyone here... http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/geek-pulse-a-digital-audio-awesomifier-for-your-desktop-2 What's interesting is the last update email I got essentially said "people asked us how to pay for extra shipping costs that they forgot to pay for, so we're doing a second campaign for that purpose", but this new campaign is essentially a duplicate campaign except "we're not going to be actively engaged during this campaign". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Maybe if you double fund it will sound twice as good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naamanf Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 What's interesting is the last update email I got essentially said "people asked us how to pay for extra shipping costs that they forgot to pay for, so we're doing a second campaign for that purpose", but this new campaign is essentially a duplicate campaign except "we're not going to be actively engaged during this campaign". Seems that way. You need to send them moar money. Now. Do it. They need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebby Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Seems that way. You need to send them moar money. Now. Do it. They need it. I'm glad I got my refund processed, that's all I can say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted January 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 For those wondering, some of the prices remained the same and have some jumped. Fortunately, the USB cable held steady at $699. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebby Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 For those wondering, some of the prices remained the same and have some jumped. Fortunately, the USB cable held steady at $699. $699 for 0.8m, $979 for 1.6m, or $1,399 for 3.8m. MSRP starts at $999. What a bargain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlSeibert Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 That got a ton of coverage in this month's Stereophile. Of course the lead time means it was all written before much happened. They sort of edged up to the real issues without really going there. Sort of props for that. It's more than most services magazines do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebby Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) The good news about the 2nd campaign is that we still can earn freebies by sharing the campaign. It's the same rules with the 1st one. Source So the good news is that people can shill for them even more? How fantastic. Edited January 5, 2014 by Nebby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 I've removed the shill and his posts, but left that response so that people can know the vendor is encouraging shilling, and factor that into any decisions made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 is that some kind of referral link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadtonowhere08 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) The whole business model encourages shilling; it's disgusting. Justin, I do believe that it is a referral link. The share URL is "http://igg.me/at/geekpulseaudio2" and the "x/number" at the end is probably his account. Edited January 5, 2014 by roadtonowhere08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebby Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Removed the shill's referral link as well...didn't think of that, oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 i find this product annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 We agree on that. It's perfect for HF though, crappy product shilled by idiots... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 i thought its a $50k DAC for a few hundred bucks with everything you could ever want and endorsed by the wall street journal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Are you sure that endorsement was not by The Ball Street Journal? Yo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudeWolf Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 It looks good on the paper (provided they don't fuxxxor up the ES9018), but their discourse reeks of bullshit. Sure the DAC might sound great, but there are 5 others that do and don't take me for a sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadtonowhere08 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 They reached their first stretch goals, and it will be officially come with a nice audiophile grade usb cable. Linky:[removed] Does this link look familiar? Hmmm, alpha215 and this dipshit... same guy? Could the mods change this post so Mr. Two Accounts does not get any hits back to his IndieGoGo account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) http://www.soundonsound.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=1080751&Main=1074826 http://www.rig-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=146122 http://audioshark.org/computer-digital-audio-11/kickstart-geek-new-usb-awesomifier-headphones-2276.html#post40145 surprise, surprise. if not computer generated my guess is that they hired an overseas company to do their "marketing". the referral links may be to gauge the success of each shill poster, rather than rack up some kind of rewards for an actual buyer. Edited January 5, 2014 by justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Link and post removed. Account banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Light Harmonic becomes ambitious and overwhelmed. They expand into new areas so quick. I both have good and bad feeling about this.Good marketing strategy though. China shill post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadtonowhere08 Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thanks, Nate. Not surprised in the slightest, Justin. He did not get very far in the Rig-Talk forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 post #1061 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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