@slaw - yes I did ! Cold it absolutely sucks, let it warm up for day, then left it on thereafter. I did isolate the el cheapo wallwart power supply to a different circuit. Small size, front mounted controls w lights for various loading settings are effective and handy. Compared to NOVA II on battery with Lyra Delos, they are close. I would give the better more defined , tonality in bass and treble and air to the NOVA, better liquidity in midrange to Chord. The Chord does better at larger 2D image but gives up some depth to NOVA.
i will continue my search... but in the under $1.5 k range SS certainly a contender
