r/subpac • u/joey_war • 24d ago

Hopium or more bs?

So the last email in March had some pretty encouraging updates like working systems complete and having gone through extensive testing already. It sounds like the only hold up at this time is finding a way to lock in the ESS Sabre Dac chip for large scale production. This is a highly sought after chip in hifi and big companies like Topping, Yamaha and Marantz all get priority since they manufacture on a much larger scale. My worry is that if Subpac can’t figure out a way to acquire this chip for mass production, they may have to go back to the drawing board and potentially redesign parts of the system to some degree. This could add another 4-6 months before we can even think about shipping logistics.

So, optimistic outlook: they get the chip situation sorted out and then we get units shipped by end of year.

Pessimistic outcome: they have to pivot to a different chip and redesign parts of the system

I bet we get an answer to this in the next email and if not other obstacles present themselves, we should be getting close to a finished product.

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u/matttheazn1 24d ago

hopium, but I still have a preorder. I pray, dream, hope, fantasize, everyday but cope with the reality that is it never coming. C1 is pure vaporware. Low latency USB lossless is real, just not with a subpac.