I ordered at DX the AA-S1 on July (1st July). After 15 days waiting for supplier changed to "temporarily stock shortage". I asked them what was happening, and they told me:
"Hello,
Sorry for any inconvenicne.
Sorry to tell you that the item 24220is out of stock in our warehouse.
We are not sure when the item will be back to us.
Would you like to change it or cancel it?
Please advise so that we could help you with our best.
Thank you for your kind understanding.
Yours sincerely,xxxxxx"
PLEASE: if anybody orders it, and IS in stock now, please inform here, because I am crazy in to purchasing this AA-S1 which is for me the second best AA at DX
How do you like it? Got similar lights you can compare with in terms of brightness?
I liked it, which is why I recommend it above . Especially the slightly warm (like WH) tint. Quite bright, center maybe a bit less than a q3 but flood is powerful.
Don's beamshots here are representative. It's a bit different in that there's a gradual transition from center to the uniform flood area. I'd like it better if there were a slightly more defined center.
The only QC issue on mine is that the emitter is a bit off center. This is because the "star" they use does not sit in a crevise/groove, and seems to be just centereded (and silicon glued) by whomever was assembling the light. The reflector has a bit of play so slight errors are ok. On mine the star is about 1mm off-center and the emitter is maybe 1/2mm off-center relative to reflector after assembly (the osram die is very small so that's not completely insignificant). I was able to correct it to perhaps 1/3mm off, so still not perfect but the beam seems not too effected, especially it's not a thrower anyway.
Overall, still pretty good and I'm going to get another.