Looking forward to your impressions. Everyone over at DIY forum has liked the THD section better than the SQ one (those that were lucky to get both female connectors on the boards).
Have you guys read the obsession Steve Jobs had with font families and esthetics on his products? While not sharing an inch of his genius, I share these obsessions to attention to detail. For me it's crucial that a company invests time in every aspect of a product and avoid after thoughts, half patches and other such practices.
Have you seen how the top acrylic sheet needs to be cut? Protruding caps, weird angles, three types of connectors, convoluted jumpers, contradicting PSU instructions.
That is all great for a prototype. Once you reach a final stage you are happy with, you re-layout the prototype and sell a 'finished' product. For me, this is a prototype stage product being sold to customers. The first batch of buyers has already been disappointed, and the next few will be as well.
The fact that there are two sound stages that Allo couldn't decide which is the one that represents 'the house expected level of finesse and quality' is further point that this is an unfinished product and they are even capitalizing on their doubts by selling both cards o customers.
I said it before, I'll not buy into this. Still, interested in the opinions of good ears as to how this "early prototype" sounds. I'll never call this a finished product as long as caps are glued on top of un-serviceable SMDs at random angles and Balanced connectors that are 'not really balanced' and are 'not adviced to be used... but there if you want to experiment' (another 'prototype' signature).
Rant over. Best regards,
Rafa.
Have you guys read the obsession Steve Jobs had with font families and esthetics on his products? While not sharing an inch of his genius, I share these obsessions to attention to detail. For me it's crucial that a company invests time in every aspect of a product and avoid after thoughts, half patches and other such practices.
Have you seen how the top acrylic sheet needs to be cut? Protruding caps, weird angles, three types of connectors, convoluted jumpers, contradicting PSU instructions.
That is all great for a prototype. Once you reach a final stage you are happy with, you re-layout the prototype and sell a 'finished' product. For me, this is a prototype stage product being sold to customers. The first batch of buyers has already been disappointed, and the next few will be as well.
The fact that there are two sound stages that Allo couldn't decide which is the one that represents 'the house expected level of finesse and quality' is further point that this is an unfinished product and they are even capitalizing on their doubts by selling both cards o customers.
I said it before, I'll not buy into this. Still, interested in the opinions of good ears as to how this "early prototype" sounds. I'll never call this a finished product as long as caps are glued on top of un-serviceable SMDs at random angles and Balanced connectors that are 'not really balanced' and are 'not adviced to be used... but there if you want to experiment' (another 'prototype' signature).
Rant over. Best regards,
Rafa.
