The Chinese apps and DACS seem to be failing left and right.. I'm thinking buying American is the way to go about now.
For what it's worth, my Archel2.5 Pro died a little after a year of use. It was bought in Jan 2020, and passed away two weeks ago. It now makes a sort of loud coil whine when connected to power (I'm not talking audio out, the amp itself makes this scary audible noise), even with no ins/outs connected. Tried several power outlets with the same result. Source (iFi nano Black Label line-out to RCA), headphones (Hifiman Sundara, AKG K712) and cables are all fully working. Did not troubleshoot further in fear of ruining other equipment.The Chinese apps and DACS seem to be failing left and right.. I'm thinking buying American is the way to go about now.
Geshelli has great customer service. They helped me with an issue. Did you contact them?For what it's worth, my Archel2.5 Pro died a little after a year of use. It was bought in Jan 2020, and passed away two weeks ago. It now makes a sort of loud coil whine when connected to power (I'm not talking audio out, the amp itself makes this scary audible noise), even with no ins/outs connected. Tried several power outlets with the same result. Source (iFi nano Black Label line-out to RCA), headphones (Hifiman Sundara, AKG K712) and cables are all fully working. Did not troubleshoot further in fear of ruining other equipment.
I did not bother as it is already out of the 1-year warranty (barely) and I'm located in EU (Portugal), so shipping and repair costs with the wait time to send it back to the US and more time and fees in customs make it probably not worth the expense. I will likely take it to a local technician for repair.Geshelli has great customer service. They helped me with an issue. Did you contact them?
You can still contact them and see what they can do. My unit was broken too and they send out the pcb, but it was still within warranty time.I did not bother as it is already out of the 1-year warranty (barely) and I'm located in EU (Portugal), so shipping and repair costs with the wait time to send it back to the US and more time and fees in customs make it probably not worth the expense. I will likely take it to a local technician for repair.
That said, I really enjoyed my time with it, really clean sound in a small package that looked super cool. Pot could have been better, very noisy when adjusting volume with audio playing, kinda wild channel imbalance before 1 o'clock.
I just don't see a point in bothering them over this. It is out of warranty, so it would always cost me parts/labor, that's a given. Add to that shipping/customs fees by the predatory local FedEx partner, which is honestly the worst part. The total could probably get me a new amp.You can still contact them and see what they can do. My unit was broken too and they send out the pcb, but it was still within warranty time.
NEW Geshelli DAC UPDATE
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I wanted to put out a quick update on the new DAC. As you may know from the last newsletter, the J2 will still have the Amanero USB and we have chosen the ES9026PRO DAC chip.
We are waiting on the a shipment date for the Amanero's. Amanero is waiting on parts to finish their boards. This seems to be a trend throughout many industries. Parts are hard to get and are taking longer to ship. We have been told the boards should ship by the second week of April. Once we have an exact date, we can give an a release date.
We are picking up the aluminum this week and will start working on the cases. We plan to keep the same color options as we currently offer. Please note, we no longer carry the original black. That has been replaced by Charcoal. The black we used to use has not been available from the supplier for a few months now. This also has been a trend through the Powder Coating Industry as many of the colors that I used to purchase are no longer available.
The price for the new DAC will be:
No USB=$249.99
USB-$299.99
Stay tuned for more information as we await the shipping date for the USB's.
Kind regards,
Geno and Sherri
Geshelli Labs
We tested out a variety of brands and choices including the higher end 9038. The 9038 is expensive, runs really hot, isn't very stable, and quite frankly we were not impressed with it. There is no point using something we didn't like, just to have a newer chip. Price-We don't feel the price is high. Actually, we were thrilled we could introduce a new product under $300.00. The ESS DAC chip price is much higher than AKM. Everything is harder to get and more expensive. There is a massive shortage of electronic components and the prices we pay have gone way up. Aluminum is at an all time high, shipping prices have skyrocketed and just about every component including the circuit board cost more than last year.