Completely agree with this..

JJP could offer the CE versions for sale direct for the first 72 hours after the release for those willing to pay for them (non-refundable) at that time. Do you limit this to one per person -- that's debatable. I would say yes. However, I can understand the argument against that. Many will land on both sides of that argument.

After the direct sales period, the remainder are provided to the distros to handle accordingly. I would suggest non-refundable deposits like JJ was going to do. This keeps people from jumping the gun and taking spots from those who really intend to buy the game but need time to arrange the funds. This again will stir up some debate. I agree with non-refundable deposits but others will not.

Received my CE today -- WOW -- what a stunning game and probably one of the best I've seen. The detail is incredible.

I have the same issue Vitty. Incorrect cable and incorrect audio amp bd. I left JJP a message and will follow up on Monday. That should be no big deal to correct as soon as JJP sends the proper parts. Can't wait to get the full sound experience.

Dec 2020 is the Mfr Date. I'm guessing it was very early in the run.

Update to my earlier post. In addition to the audio issue that several are aware of, I also have backbox LED issues. One side is not illuminated at all and the other not completely. No physical damage. Probably just defective strips. No big deal. I'll double check the wiring though. I have reported the issues and have no doubt that JJP will get us all fixed up quickly.

I also noticed in the pictures Rodcom has above that one side of his backbox LED's appear to be out as well.

This is an amazing game! Great job Eric, Slash and the team at JJP.

I do believe you need to swap out the audio amp board if your CE came with the board without the second jack. I think they may have accidentally used the LE board on the CE.

You could get sound out of the topper doing what vitty did but it would not be set up or sound as designers intended.

There is a reason they are running topper audio through the audio amp board versus simply splitting it.

That's possible vitty but no way to know for sure as I dont have the schematics to compare. The board had more than just the jack that are different in the small part I could see. I would not make that assumption without more info.

I'll see what JJP says this week.

I was informed yesterday they are working on the solution but did not get details. JJP has provided great service and support so I'm not concerned. Either way will work as stated previously so I'll go with whatever direction they provide. The splitter is the much cheaper direction though. Sound should be crazy once the sound bar is active.

Great advice and thanks for mentioning this here. My DICE required this adjustment but my GNR looks good.

I checked out your site and read the write up on flipper fade. Great info and nice innovation.

I'm not for GNR. I included it on DICE from JJP but regret it as it does impact gameplay. I will probably remove it in the future. Can't speak on protectors from other sources.

They do a great job though if protecting the playfield and keeping it like new is a high priority for you. I'm hoping the GNR playfield will hold up fine without it.

Thanks for sharing that fuko. Thats what I wanted to check out as well. I checked my DICE manual but its different.

The sound bar does have an interface board for the speakers so it seems to make sense. I wonder how it was initially configured or if the sound bar was changed. Either way -- can't wait to hear it -- its pretty loud without it.

I received a new plunger spring from JJP today. Appears they are shipping them out for the machines not addressed by the factory.