LH Labs Geek Out GO2A, V2, V2+, Infinity and SE Impressions and Reviews

Sounds great. Any possible way to get a muting on pops? Sometimes with the andros directly plugged into balanced on highest gain....it actually hurts. I know Larry is the sabre master but any way he could try a different chip? Go v2+ sounds very good and the least sabre of sabre implementations, there is still just a tad of it and wondering if that's a thought for future products

 

Are you talking about the pop when you turn it on? If so, the user manual says this "When the Geek Out V2 is plugged into the computer there may be a popping noise sent through the headphone outputs. This is caused by the charging of the power caps. This is a conscious design decision to not add a buffer as it would affect the sound quality."

Also, "..be sure to unplug headphones and/or power down the connected preamp/amp/active speakers to avoid any potential damage.
LH Labs will not be held responsible for any damage to equipment due to this design implementation."

 

Interesting. I thought it was done long time ago. Called LH Labs GO2 Pro. Targeted at China's market but loads of SQ promises as usual. Also in metal chassis as you said:
https://z.jd.com/project/details/67316.html

And unlike most crowdfunding projects LH labs have launched, they managed to get products to backers very quickly. All done with 45 days apparently.

 

No it pops everytime you change sampling rates....

 

That go2 pro looks really nice...makes the go v2+ look bad in comparison...zerodeefex will they have chassis upgrades rolling anytime soon? I'm actually quite frustrated at all the crowdfunding delays to the original backers....for over a year, talking about chassis problems.....get a plastic chassis....then we see a better chassis provided to people in china? paint me disappointed.

 

Good to know. It already sounds great to me. Any improvement would be a bonus. I would guess it's reasonably far along the exponential curve at this point.

 

Glad that you have my old unit kkkk I'm just a bit mad about this chassis.....after its been delivered over 1.5 years late....on the excuse of a better chassis...only for crowdfunders in china to get better chassis. Ugh....leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Its pretty shady.

 

I'm sorry zerodeefex, but I don't think I can agree.

Yes the team is struggling to find better chassis vendors, but that's what everyone in the industry has to do, so I don't find that excuse professional.

I am glad I got a "good" GO V2+, with the new upgrades and chassis, but it startles me that there are other backers and people who invested in the product who didn't get the same quality. QC also seems to be a bit of an issue.

The chassis was the main excuse they used for over a year and half.....let me say that again.....1.5 years. I don't think it sat well with me and still doesn't sit well with me.

It gets really shady that they started another crowdfunder in china with a metal chassis when my product wasn't delivered(after waiting 1.5 years.)
Yet they keep sending out the plastic chassis to backers? They knowingly had a metal chassis in the works, but decided it was ok to ship the backers with plastic ones......after complaining about chassis delay for 1.5 years?

Had Hola not linked the crowdfunder, I wouldn't even have known about this shadiness.

It has nothing to do with e-peen waving.After someone promises you something, and comes up with excuses for a year and half, then delivers you a plastic product. Then you realize behind your back, he was also promising someone else the same thing, but delivers a metal product to a crowdfunder within 45 days.

I'm really gonna have to just call them downright shady. If they want to fix this wrong, they should upgrade everyone's chassis to metal.
(I see everyone shitting on Hifiman for upgrading from he1000 v1 to HE1000v2, but its pretty much the same thing)

I don't really feel so "lucky" with my product because I was in fact one of the last backers to receive the product. To even get them to deliver I had to open 5 support tickets.

I can't call the GO V2+ Infinity an awesome product on its own. It has too many quirks...like pops with sampling rate, no volume control and QC issues.

I in fact cannot recommend to anyone to buy it at the retail price of $500 and $649 dollars in its glorious awesome plastic chassis, while others crowd funded for much less and got a metal chassis.

In fact, having already upgraded the chassis, they should have updated their website to allow new customers to have the better case, instead of selling them plastic ones at MSRP.

I think most of the owners here are backers of the product.

Also the LH Labs brand name is so tarnished with QC problems and shadiness, there is no faith from anyone to buy the product. The Product has no value....you can't even get a GO v2+ Inf to sell for $300 anymore. That's less than what you paid for at crowdfunding prices and I don't see any awesomeness about that.

I also have to mention none of the other LH labs product will sell for even less than crowdfunding prices, yet alone MSRP.

Just because it has good sound quality doesn't forgive all wrongs.

I also find it troubling that Larry is thinking about working on a GO v3, when he still hasn't fully delivered on his other campaigns yet. He should be working on trying to fulfill backers who have been waiting for 3-4 years. I am sorry but my feelings is all their products are/will be obsolete against the competition.

SO with all that said I think you zerodeefex, are biased for LH labs, and naturally so.

I can't believe I had to spell everything out like this for someone like you to see there are some major problems......INCLUDING the new metal chassis, and trying to sell us on the GO V3 optimized for the andromeda.

Its not about upgraditis or e-peen waving...its just wrong.

 

I hope LH Labs moves away from crowdfunding. It's not a sustainable long term model and it can lead to a lot of resentment.

 

GO2Pro SE upgrade. Per the email it is limited to 10 units.

http://marketplace-lhlabs.com/go2pro-limited-signature-edition-upgrade/

 

And what does the "Pro" signify? Is that the old "+"? So this is a GO2A+ SE in the old nomenclature?

Marketing/Branding seem to be doing a drunken reel...

 

Ha! Got all excited before I saw it was an upgrade... Meaning you have to have an infinity first...

 

I can't help but wonder if Chinese markets being more willing to tolerate this sort of crap is driving this behavior. Hifiman seem to think so, and the Chinese LHL crowdfunding suggests they realize they are burning out the US market and that China looks like the easy way out. We (the western world) may not matter quite as much as we like to think.

 

Does that GO2Pro have a lower noise floor for sensitive IEMs like the Andromeda?

 

I don't know if the Chinese market is an easy market because it is highly competitive. Because if you checked the crowdfunding, not many units were sold. I also wonder why an SE is getting a red case this time. They do have the pale golden enclosure too.

for 380 upgrade + shipping that's a Modi Multibit+ RPI3....last time I checked zerodeefex's opinion Modi Multibit> GO2.......which means 409 i payed for infinity plus 380= $789?

Its quite expensive. Will wait to hear back if it can outperform Modi Multibit+ RPI3, and if it also has a fixed ground. I can't use my 3.5mm TRRS to Dual Xlr cable because of balanced problems.

I can't believe an upgrade email comes after I complain........its unbelievable. Think I'm staying off this one. The difference is probably quite minimal going from infinity to SE....probably 1-3% for $380, which is more than any v2+ infinity is selling for....They should also give Go V2+SE people a free chassis upgrade.

 

I wonder what the real difference is between the GO V2+ Inf versus GO V2Pro SE? The dual femto clocks and metal chassis look nice for sure, but will the SQ be significantly improved? @zerodeefex any thoughts on the V2Pro SE? Cheers

 

Glad to hear you're trying to steer Larry away from crowdfunding. That was becoming a real albatross around the company's neck.

How do you feel the Pro compares to the ZX2 by the way?