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Fit and Finish on Silver PWT

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Posted on October 9, 2009 at 18:48:14
pman
 Hi just recieved my (Silver) PWT & DAC and i hate the way they look. I order silver thinking it would match my p300,PPP, Rhea Phone Preamp and that it would go along with my VPI HR-X.

The silver units look like they were painted with "hammer" paint, the two corners are of different sizes so that I can catch a finger running along the bottom where the pieces meet, and the thin center line in the middle of the DAC is not straight.

These being the first "home cd player" bought since i my purchase of a Black

PS Audio ultralink II DAC and Lambada transport close to twenty years ago i wish i could say i was listening instead of writing this but i can't get over how poor they look and don't want to hook them up.

i haven't hear one bad word from anyone with black units.

An I the only one?

RE: Fit and Finish on Silver PWT, posted on October 10, 2009 at 04:37:42
PaulMC
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 I am sorry you don't like the finish. Most people love it but we are all different. I personally love the hammer finish. Perhaps you should return them if you don't like the way they look. We chose that finish on purpose to create a contrast between the mirror piano top cover and the sides.

RE: Fit and Finish on Silver PWT, posted on October 10, 2009 at 07:05:30
Pmam
 Thanks for the quick reply and the offer to return the units, business Must be good.
I like the hammer finish paint and use it all the time, on the wood handles of my shovels and rakes. I'm just sad that it does not match my other silver PS Audio Equipment. The fit is another matter. With four different corners on each unit, you have a total of eight vertical edges where the pieces butt into each other. With my silver units it is real easy for me to see where there is a gap between the pieces and where the corners are not "straight,true,or shorter" then their adjoining pieces. I might be a PITA, but it is easy to see a 1/16 of an inch that is missing from a corner or where what appears to be a thin black line between them does not finish from top to bottom edge to edge. Maybe it got dropped on it's corner in shipping.

Now the good news: The Sound, First I replaced my transport with the PWT, Wow, i can't believe it can be so much better, (when only changing the transport) but it was very easy to hear the difference... then i put the DAC in line direct to my amps, double wow. Right out of the box, Great Sound. Thanks

RE: Fit and Finish on Silver PWT, posted on October 10, 2009 at 13:17:59
PaulMC
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 Thanks! It's not that business is so great (it actually is, but that's not important) it is that we want you to be happy. Is the fit on both units bad or just one? It is true that on the silver units it is much easier to see any of the gaps but the people in our boulder facility that build these try to take extraordinary care to make these line up. If we failed at this, I want to make it right for you. maybe we can get you another that fits better?

RE: Fit and Finish on Silver PWT, posted on October 12, 2009 at 13:31:38
Pmam
 Ok, my bad... After looking hard at my audio equipment over the weekend, let me state that The fit of the pwt & dac is as good or better then most of my other stuff. My Bad #2 The Silver finish, IS alot like the finish on the motor /flywheel unit of my VPI turntable, and the combo does go well with the silver front black top of my Rhea phono pre amp and the PS Audio 300 power plant. Sorry for being so -Loud-
Loud? Yep, the combo is so clean, that i can get more db's out of my speakers, because the source is SO clean. Jitter=distortion, Great Work you good people.

RE: Fit and Finish on Silver PWT, posted on October 17, 2009 at 19:18:12
PaulMC
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 Thanks! Sometimes different isn't always accepted quickly but upon further reflection can show itself as something beautiful.

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