MP3car Authorized Group Buy!!! Audiophile Sound Solution- The HIPPOhi-fi Bloat DAC!! - Page 11

S4Per · 07-09-2008, 04:20 PM

It has all of the upgraded components.

I have no doubt I'll be really happy with it once it's all dialed in. The biggest thing I need to do is get my amps tuned by a professional (Zapco DC Reference series which has on-board DSP).

Finally - I said I was a musician, but that doesn't necessarily mean I have musician's ears..they're probably just a bit more blown out than others

...On that note (ha, no pun intended) - here's a video from the last band I was in..i play bass, good times ;-)

amapro704 · 07-09-2008, 04:33 PM

Nice! Sell me your dc's right meow and I will happily tune them for you in my car

Seriously sell them to me..

S4Per · 07-09-2008, 04:40 PM

lol....all right, deal.

price = retail + shipping + small processing fee

amapro704 · 07-09-2008, 05:39 PM

Toooo rich for my blood, I fold

lol

TerraWombat · 07-14-2008, 05:23 PM

I'm kind of concerned with the estimated build and ship time since I had it sent to a house that I'm currently renting and my lease is up on August 15. Will these be done before that or should I change my shipping address to my parents house? I'd hate for this to end up here and my scumbag landlord take it, not that he'd have any idea what it is or how to use it, but he's a douche and I wouldn't put it past him to snag it.

amapro704 · 07-14-2008, 06:24 PM

That sucks that he is suck a giant douche. I thought the whole deal about landlords bein shady was just a stereotype (hey, I'm a car/ motorcycle salesman and I'm one of the most honest guys you will meet..) but after my first run in with one last week I see where it comes from... Anyways, I sent Brent an email with your order number and second address (forwarded to me from MP3car) and told him to ship to the correct one based on when his expected arrival time is. I suspect he will probably just ship to your "newer" address just in case there is a delay. Thanks!

Joey

Homebrew · 07-14-2008, 07:21 PM

Joey, I'd just like to take a minute to thank you for spearheading this. You've gone out of your way to help me as well as several others and on behalf of everyone, I'd just like to say thanks.

-Kevin

amapro704 · 07-14-2008, 07:45 PM

Thanks Kevin! No problem at all

Ces///M3 · 07-15-2008, 06:30 AM

I also wanted to say thank you for organizing such a great group buy... My only regret is not picking up a few more units

TerraWombat · 07-15-2008, 09:53 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by amapro704

That sucks that he is suck a giant douche. I thought the whole deal about landlords bein shady was just a stereotype (hey, I'm a car/ motorcycle salesman and I'm one of the most honest guys you will meet..) but after my first run in with one last week I see where it comes from... Anyways, I sent Brent an email with your order number and second address (forwarded to me from MP3car) and told him to ship to the correct one based on when his expected arrival time is. I suspect he will probably just ship to your "newer" address just in case there is a delay. Thanks!

Joey

Wow, thanks a ton! Could you PM me the second address that you sent him? I don't even remember putting an address into mp3car, but I can barely remember what I did yesterday.

Thanks again!

amapro704 · 07-15-2008, 10:39 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Ces///M3

I also wanted to say thank you for organizing such a great group buy... My only regret is not picking up a few more units

You guys dont have to thank me

Ces, if you need more for going full active, you could always use the standard Bloat for your sub, midbass or even center channels. Sound quality is still amazing and even at retail it is a steal for what it is. Food for thought

rcdash · 07-15-2008, 04:00 PM

So is this over for good? Or is there an opportunity to still participate? I skimmed through most of the pages, but let me ask, are there any issues resuming from standby?

Thanks.

amapro704 · 07-15-2008, 04:30 PM

Yes, it is over but fortunately you can still purchase direct through Hippohifi.com. The standard Bloat (which still has amazing sound quality and all the same physical features) is still a bargain @ $199..

Hibernation and standby are no problem for the Bloat

rcdash · 07-16-2008, 12:06 AM

Thanks.

One last Q: I have the HT Omega Striker sound card at the moment and the output is pretty good but the inputs are noisy (line-in and cd-in both have interference). This device will not help to eliminate that in any way, will it?

Is there a matching ADC that anyone knows of similar quality to take in and mix analog and digital inputs (my XMDirect outputs coaxial SPDIF!)? If it's independent of the PC, that's even better.

incudie · 07-18-2008, 02:29 PM

Ouch, found this thread a couple weeks too late.

I'll be looking to buy on the site directly though.

Thanks for all the details.

I am trying to figure out if I need to buy more than one of these Bloats.

I have two amps, one amp has 4 channels for my comp set (FL and FR) and the other amp is just for my sub ( 6 channels totall).

Do I just need one bloat and some kind of Equalizer?

Also, how CPU intensive are these compared to a USB sound card (I am running a little weak Via M10000).

Thanks!

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