Right I've finally stopped being on holiday and what not which allows me to concentrate on this.
So to start off I will explain a bit about the plan. I won't go through everything as it makes for a massive read but I'll run over a few key parts for you to read before you apply.
We will run the test with two groups of people I have to limit each group to 3 this is for a few reasons. 1 The size of the items I totally underestimated the size of them. It will simply put cost too much money shipping them to and from OcUK I think 6 which = 12 shipments that's a manageable and acceptable cost for the sake of the test. (The cost is entirely incurred by OcUK and we will discuss shipping preferences with the reviewers)
I have removed the STX II from the test as it's not as user friendly and I can't just test it and ship it back out like I can the others.
So The items are
ASUS Essence STU DAC/Amp
ASUS Essence One Muses edition DAC/Amp
Silverstone EB01-s EB-03 DAC and Amp separates
Due to the value of the items I'm afraid on this occasion you can't keep the items but participants may in the future be asked to review items which they can keep.
A full blown review isn't a must but if you want to do one you can. Your honest and informed opinion is more than welcome but we will have a thread where you can all just discuss the items if you aren't up for writing a review.
You can use them as you want if you want to try the Silverstone headphone amp on it's own with your dac then great Or if you want to just use the DAC that's great too If you can find a way to test and isolate/compare features against your own stuff then brilliant.
Each item will be shipped on a Thursday to arrive on a Friday and will be collected the following Wednesday (not quite a week but it's the only way I can do this and get it done before Christmas.)
If we can come up with a more suitable structure that all parties can agree to then we can change it.
Requirements for joining:-
Like I said I can't send it to everyone and I won't discriminate on any one thing but you do need to have some hardware to test it with and against.
I've used all three items I know they are all better than on board. We are interested in how the item performed for you based on your knowledge and experience with similar products.
You do have to have some forum history and more importantly be an active participant in this sub forum.
However you do have to be available for 3 weeks in a row. If you're likely to be on holiday between mid Sept and November for a week then you will hold up the test for everyone else.
Please trust me to apply with details of the hardware you have to use so I can try and select a wide variety of components.
Once I've picked 6 people I will contact you all via your emails from the trust to sort out addresses and anything else.
Any questions/concerns just ask in this thread.
So to start off I will explain a bit about the plan. I won't go through everything as it makes for a massive read but I'll run over a few key parts for you to read before you apply.
We will run the test with two groups of people I have to limit each group to 3 this is for a few reasons. 1 The size of the items I totally underestimated the size of them. It will simply put cost too much money shipping them to and from OcUK I think 6 which = 12 shipments that's a manageable and acceptable cost for the sake of the test. (The cost is entirely incurred by OcUK and we will discuss shipping preferences with the reviewers)
I have removed the STX II from the test as it's not as user friendly and I can't just test it and ship it back out like I can the others.
So The items are
ASUS Essence STU DAC/Amp
ASUS Essence One Muses edition DAC/Amp
Silverstone EB01-s EB-03 DAC and Amp separates
Due to the value of the items I'm afraid on this occasion you can't keep the items but participants may in the future be asked to review items which they can keep.
A full blown review isn't a must but if you want to do one you can. Your honest and informed opinion is more than welcome but we will have a thread where you can all just discuss the items if you aren't up for writing a review.
You can use them as you want if you want to try the Silverstone headphone amp on it's own with your dac then great Or if you want to just use the DAC that's great too If you can find a way to test and isolate/compare features against your own stuff then brilliant.
Each item will be shipped on a Thursday to arrive on a Friday and will be collected the following Wednesday (not quite a week but it's the only way I can do this and get it done before Christmas.)
If we can come up with a more suitable structure that all parties can agree to then we can change it.
Requirements for joining:-
Like I said I can't send it to everyone and I won't discriminate on any one thing but you do need to have some hardware to test it with and against.
I've used all three items I know they are all better than on board. We are interested in how the item performed for you based on your knowledge and experience with similar products.
You do have to have some forum history and more importantly be an active participant in this sub forum.
However you do have to be available for 3 weeks in a row. If you're likely to be on holiday between mid Sept and November for a week then you will hold up the test for everyone else.
Please trust me to apply with details of the hardware you have to use so I can try and select a wide variety of components.
Once I've picked 6 people I will contact you all via your emails from the trust to sort out addresses and anything else.
Any questions/concerns just ask in this thread.
