terrapin77

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DAC for Aurender N200
The AudioMirror Tubadour V is <$8k and is an excellent tube DAC.   
Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw?
Requested a refund yesterday but haven’t heard back from Clayton. Apparently, he has let go all of the people who were helping him assemble the speakers and it’s one man operation now that he is moving to Norman, OK. If he ever gets the lead time ... 
Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw?
@jeff_pvd i placed my order back in February. As best I can tell, there are around 150 orders to go out before mine comes up. He is shipping 5-10 per week so at a minimum, I’m looking at another 15 weeks. That is 11 months from my order date.  Th... 
Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw?
I’m thinking of cancelling. Clayton is not responding to emails and every update he sends out contains a new issue holding up production. Shipping out less than 100 pairs is almost a year is absolutely poor planning on his his part  
CLAYTON SHAW - CALADAN - JULY SHIPMENT LIST
Latest update is 75 orders have shipped to date.  My guess is orders placed in 2024 still have at least another 3-6 month wait.   
Spatial Audio Raven Preamp
@phono2024 No hiss from my Raven  
CLAYTON SHAW - CALADAN - JULY SHIPMENT LIST
@1happyman  My order is 26 weeks old.  Doubt I will get them until Oct.  Clayton is still working on the November 2023 orders  
CLAYTON SHAW - CALADAN - JULY SHIPMENT LIST
Gmail didn't work for me   
CLAYTON SHAW - CALADAN - JULY SHIPMENT LIST
@caladan I can corroborate that the forum sign up is broken. I never received a confirmation email and if I try to reregister, it says my email is already in use.    
CLAYTON SHAW - CALADAN - JULY SHIPMENT LIST
@knock1 Clayton's last update stated they are still working on the July list.  Parts are on backorder.  
CLAYTON SHAW - CALADAN - JULY SHIPMENT LIST
Considering Clayton requires the full price to be paid upfront, parts orders should have been placed 8-9 months ago.  I'm never paying full price again for an item that might take a year to arrive  
CLAYTON SHAW - CALADAN - JULY SHIPMENT LIST
@caladan When will the August list be released?  
Relaxed/Analog sounding DAC for under $10k (used or new)
The AudioMirror Tubadour V should be on the list of DACs you research.   https://audiomirror.com/product/tubadour-v/  
Warm, yet detailed tube preamp
+1 for the Raven preamp from Spatial that was designed by Don Sachs and Lynn Olsen.    
My Caladan Impressons
I'm probably going to cancel my order.  I was told by Clayton in May that my late February order would probably ship mid to late July. Clayton should at least be upfront that there are still delays in production.  The group email he sent out made ...