can i get a significant dac upgrade over my Lumin d2 for 2k?

@sgreg1 Who did you order the DAC through?  If it’s one of the bigger guys I wouldn’t worry, plus you also have protection thru your credit card and likely PayPal too.  Did you get confirmation on screen they got the order when you paid?  The only thing I’d worry about is if the order never processed due to an internet glitch.  Did it show up as a charge through PayPal and/or your credit card?  If it did there’s a good chance it’s in process.  They may just be inundated with orders after the soundnews.net review, so maybe contact them just to make sure, and you can check on delivery time too while you’re at it but sounds like it’s at about a month right now.  I wouldn’t be concerned yet if they got your order. 

@soix 

Order placed with Aoshi. I used them as I saw they we the same if I went through Amazon. I received confirm email from pay pal snd charge is showing pending on credit card, but nothing from Aoshi. No email confirm, I sent them an email asking for status and zero reply. Guess I just sit and wait for some sign that they received order snd will process. Main reason of concern is their site said all orders are processed within 48 hours and I am well past that. I do not have any confidence in pay pal to protect my interest but I do have a confirm from them at least. Thanks for reply.

Heads up to anyone looking to order Gustard R26. I received email on my order and the distribution center is in full ccp lockdown. They are setting an eta before they can get the units to process the order at 14 to 21 days. Nothing to do but sit and wait.

@sgreg1 Ugh.  Sorry man, but I have a feeling it’s gonna be well worth the wait.  BTW, and not to point this thread in a different direction, but does anyone else think China is dealing with the virus foolishly by continually locking things down?  If they have such control over their people why not just mandate everyone gets vaccinated and be done with it rather than negatively impacting themselves and whole world with these stupid lockdowns?  Just sayin’.  Sorry — now back to our regularly-scheduled program.