R1200CL Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 hour ago, JohnSwenson said: And this is just CD rips. Are you using Roon ? Link to comment
agladstone Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Superdad said: UPDATE: Well it took several VERY late nights of flashing and testing circuit boards--to be ready for my assistant to assemble each morning--and a lot of time preparing shipping labels and export paperwork, but I am happy to report that today 80 UltraCap LPS-1.2 units shipped around the world. About 1/5th of those were part of ISO REGEN/UltraCap LPS-1.2 bundles. All of the shipped units went to clients who ordered from end-of-November through to January 13th. These were all the people who thought they were ordering the original LPS-1 (and paid the $40 lower price) and instead, as reward for their patience, are receiving the new generation product. In addition, two of our finest overseas importers were shipped a dozen or so units via FedEx. So folks in the UK and Singapore who would like to jump ahead and be among the first to get hands on an UltraCap LPS-1.2, just contact either Martin Smith at VortexBox UK/Audiostore or Alvin at Vinshine Audio. This weekend I will be testing another 100 units. Monday is a holiday here and my assistant asked for the day off. So Tuesday she will begin putting the tested boards into cases and kitting up the boxes. On Wednesday and Thursday (February 21/22) we will begin shipping more orders. These will be the first orders placed specifically for LPS-1.2 units (starting with @rickca's order #6726) , from the announcement date of January 14th. All of these were originally promised shipment by February 15th--so in the end we will have been only one week behind. If you knew all the behind-the-scenes trials of making this happen (John decided to rewrite the entire codebase for the FPGA last week!) you would understand what a minor miracle this is. John and I are very happy but quite tired. One more big push through these next 5 days and then I'll take a few off. I am hoping to actually put an ear on an LPS-1.2 myself sometime this weekend. Glad to see John's report above. But what really matters is what everyone else hears once theirs arrives. I'll start a new thread for user experiences and questions shortly. Have a great weekend all! --Alex C. Great work! Thanks for your efforts! After John Swensons review, I can’t wait to receive mine! I was one of the original LPS-1 orders, so I’m hoping I was part of the first 80 orders - now I just need a JS-2 and I will all set! Thanks again for burning the midnight oil so all of us can get our new toys! Link to comment
R1200CL Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 1 hour ago, agladstone said: now I just need a JS-2 What will it power ? Link to comment
JohnSwenson Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 5 hours ago, Superdad said: (John decided to rewrite the entire codebase for the FPGA last week!) --Alex C. I know it seems like a long time ago, but it was just this week! I did in two days, Tuesday and Wednesday this week. John S. Link to comment
Superdad Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 20 minutes ago, JohnSwenson said: I know it seems like a long time ago, but it was just this week! I did in two days, Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Yes, you definitely wore the hairshirt for that. And I have a few more grey hairs to show for it! But you got it right my friend, and the boards are working beautifully. UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted February 19, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2018 People are beginning to receive their UltraCap LPS-1.2 units from last week's shipment, so I have started a User Impressions & Questions thread: Let's begin to move the party over to there... And don't worry, another, even larger batch will be shipping out this week, so the rest of you will have your's soon. Here's a pic of the next 180 boards, about half of them flashed and waiting for individual testing (how I have spent my entire weekend). gstew, RichB, pl_svn and 2 others 2 3 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted February 19, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2018 Watching the Winter Olympics while testing LPS-1.2 boards last night. One of our pets did not understand that I was testing ultracap supplies not UltraCats! RichB, MikeyFresh, look&listen and 2 others 3 2 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
Albrecht Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 That one looks like he has finished with that scope and is ready to move on to the mousey test! Link to comment
ingemar Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Hi. I wonder if it's possible to use the unit feeding both a tx-usbex and a sCLK -ex with 9 volts`? Kindly/Ingemar Link to comment
rickca Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 8:53 PM, Superdad said: On Wednesday and Thursday (February 21/22) we will begin shipping more orders. These will be the first orders placed specifically for LPS-1.2 units (starting with @rickca's order #6726) Alex actually shipped my unit a day early on 2/20. I've always been impressed by Uptone Audio. Nobody shares more information about their product R&D or provides better customer service. It's consistently a good experience. Pareto Audio AMD 7700 Server --> Berkeley Alpha USB --> Jeff Rowland Aeris --> Jeff Rowland 625 S2 --> Focal Utopia 3 Diablos with 2 x Focal Electra SW 1000 BE subs i7-6700K/Windows 10 --> EVGA Nu Audio Card --> Focal CMS50's Link to comment
austinpop Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 8 minutes ago, rickca said: Alex actually shipped my unit a day early on 2/20. I've always been impressed by Uptone Audio. Nobody shares more information about their product R&D or provides better customer service. It's consistently a good experience. I’m feeling left out! I think I’m later in the queue. My Audio Setup Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted February 21, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 21, 2018 28 minutes ago, austinpop said: I’m feeling left out! I think I’m later in the queue. Don’t worry Rajiv, yours and a whole lot more will be packed in the morning (Wednesday) and shipped. Today we had just enough time to pack most all the domestic singles and some internationals to countries that don’t need commercial invoices attached. About 60 units. Tomorrow we tackle all the ISO REGEN/LPS-1.2 bundles, the internationals that need commercial invoices, and the surprising number our doubles and triples. About 55 units. We expect to be about all caught up by Thursday, though the couple dozen orders placed since we changed the promised date on the web page to the 28th will likely spill over to next week, but still will ship on time or a day ahead. I have to count, but it sure looks like we are getting very close to being all sold out of the first 250 unit run. Purchasing for the next run has begun, though I expect we’ll run ourt of boards and cases before the next batch arrives. John and I are certainly pleased with how this is going. THANKS EVERYONE! Goodnight, —Alex C. MikeyFresh, pl_svn, austinpop and 1 other 3 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
pl_svn Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 ok, so... - 5.5x2.1 barrel plug to USB micro cable is here - grabbed a Qutest this afternoon but... - where’s my UltraCaps LPS-1.2? just kidding: got shipping notice yesterday, thank you Alex Cornan 1 Qnap HS-264 NAS (powered by an HD-Plex 100w LPS) > Cirrus7 Nimbini v2.5 Media Edition i7-8559U/32/512 running Roon ROCK (powered by a Keces P8 LPS) > Lumin U2 > Metrum Acoustics Adagio NOS digital preamplifier > First Watt SIT 3 power amplifier (or Don Garber Fi "Y" 6922 tube preamplifier + Don Garber Fi "X" 2A3 SET power amplifier, both powered from an Alpha-Core BP-30 Isolated Symmetrical Power Transformer) > Klipsch Cornwall III headphones system: Cirrus 7 > Lumin U2 > Metrum Acoustics Adagio > Pathos Aurium amplifier (powered by an UpTone Audio JS-2 LPS) > Focal Clear headphones Link to comment
coot Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Alex, You made my day with the shot of "UltraCat" helping you out. Best pet I ever had was one just like him, (her?) Link to comment
Popular Post Superdad Posted February 22, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2018 2 hours ago, coot said: Alex, You made my day with the shot of "UltraCat" helping you out. Best pet I ever had was one just like him, (her?) Glad you liked the shot of him. There is a funny story behind this. My wife wanted a new female cat--to balance out a bit the two males we had at the time. A woman who did part-time bookkeeping for UpTone came in one day and said she found a tiny female kitten curled up in the engine compartment of her car. She was a runt and the mother had abandoned her. So we took her in and named her Ruby. She was so small one of our sons could hide here inside his two hands. A couple of months go by, and one of us notices that Ruby was sitting and licking some "things" at the rear. Oops, our little "girl" kitten was a he! Of course at the first trip to the veterinarian they informed us that there are virtually no female orange tabby cats in the world. You would think, having owned cats for 50 years we would know this. But I guess it is like trying to find a male Calico cat. He is very affectionate and quite a character. And like most orange tabby he eats too much. We still call him Ruby, but mostly Rube. Frankly I think we are the rubes in this... jventer and jaaptina 1 1 UpTone Audio LLC Link to comment
coot Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 That's a great story. To some folks all cats are girls and all dogs are boys. Never heard all orange tabbies are boys - and we've had cats for 54 yrs. -Al Link to comment
jamesg11 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I’d also never heard this ... but my cat-loving wife certainly did ... so vets have been letting the cat-outa-the-bag the world over. macmini M1>ethernet / elgar iso tran(2.5kVa, .0005pfd)>consonance pw-3 boards>ghent ethernet(et linkway cat8 jssg360)>etherRegen(js-2)>ghent ethernet(et linkway cat8 jssg360) >ultraRendu (clones lpsu>lps1.2)>curious regen link>rme adi-2 dac(js-2)>cawsey cables>naquadria sp2 passive pre> 1.naquadria lucien mkII.5 power>elac fs249be + elac 4pi plus.2> 2.perreaux9000b(mods)>2x naquadria 12” passive subs. Link to comment
Bricki Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 My wife is a vet and I asked her about this... Apparently it used to be a widely held belief (she was originally taught this at university as well) that all gingers were male and for whatever reason it isn't true.... However, it is far more likely for them to be male... In Australia, where we live, she reckons female gingers are becoming far more common and (at a guess) about 30% of gingers she treats are now female... Sorry for the poor explanation - she said something about DNA mapping and that all tortoise shell cats were a particular gender ? but I can't remember which... My ultraCAT ?lps1 is still going fine and I would love to order the 1.2 and Iso - hopefully I will be able to afford it towards the end of the year. Thanks for the fantastic products and service Alex and John ? Link to comment
left channel Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 58 minutes ago, Bricki said: she said something about DNA mapping and that all tortoise shell cats were a particular gender ? but I can't remember which... In general tortoiseshell cats are female, while males are more likely to be all or mostly one solid color or with solid blocks of colors arranged to attract more attention and perhaps enhance perceived body size. We've certainly found this to be the case with our cats over the years, including our current pair of sibling tabbies. The female is a "tortie tabby", while the male is mostly mono-hued with subtle stripes on his tail. Theoretically this gives the females more camouflage for hunting and while pregnant/nursing, while the males can strut around attracting attention and fighting. YTMV of course. ("T" = tabby.) Everyone wants to date my avatar. Link to comment
Bricki Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Interesting observations ?? Link to comment
Len-ski Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 My unit shipped Tuesday and was supposed to arrive yesterday. Now tracking info just has “ Alert “ status. Awesome. USPS lost it. Link to comment
auricgoldfinger Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 45 minutes ago, Len-ski said: My unit shipped Tuesday and was supposed to arrive yesterday. Now tracking info just has “ Alert “ status. Awesome. USPS lost it. I have had my share of that frustration with USPS. The package is routed incorrectly but eventually is re-directed back to me within a few days of the expected delivery date. I've also noticed that 2-day priority mail is now regularly being delivered in 3 days regardless of where it originates in the continental U.S. People are paying for a (non-guaranteed) service that is no longer being provided. Link to comment
coot Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Re: Cats male/female. Stop and think for a sec. If ALL of any animal is one gender or the other, there would be no mating or reproduction now would there?! Link to comment
Dave G Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 47 minutes ago, auricgoldfinger said: I have had my share of that frustration with USPS. The package is routed incorrectly but eventually is re-directed back to me within a few days of the expected delivery date. I've also noticed that 2-day priority mail is now regularly being delivered in 3 days regardless of where it originates in the continental U.S. People are paying for a (non-guaranteed) service that is no longer being provided. FWIW, mine shipped across the country (California to Virginia) in 48 hours. Link to comment
auricgoldfinger Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Dave G said: FWIW, mine shipped across the country (California to Virginia) in 48 hours. I am on the 3-day plan. My units shipped on Wednesday with expected delivery today, but the package hasn't even arrived in Houston. Link to comment
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