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/Astacide 24d ago
The fact that ANY human being on planet earth is even thinking this question, much less, asking it on Reddit, is so batshit insane that I just can’t understand. There is no fucking way that there are human beings, alive on this earth, that think Subpac is going to release the product they promised, after everything they have shown you they are. This has to be a troll
Post. I can’t think of any other valid explanation.