sold it to a vinyl-only tube guy as his first CD player in 2011
Interesting so the company has been around for quite awhile.
I admit I never heard of the brand before the discovering the Monoblock model.
The stock unadorned brushed clear aluminum components from Little Dot are rather pedestrian looking.
I like the brushed metal look, it gives a more “industrial” look (also matches the SU-8 DAC), gives the appearance toughness and long lasting.
I actually prefer no VU meter, but since this one has warm orange light I think it complements the brushed metal.
So far I can say good things about it, good build quality (at least outside), the metal power button is cold metal and when power on you can hear click from “relay” engaging which reduce surge from power-supply.
Same thing when power off, after a few seconds it makes click sound indicating relay is back in its original position.
Gives the impression of thought went into it’s construction.