when is b2 ready to ship? Its a shame prices went up... at $425 & current BTC price...these things will never ROI =/
To be fair, it's the same all over and who is actually delivering on time? KNC Miner has been cool but are a little behind. Bitfury is on schedule I believe. BFL is a NO GO. Avalon we don't trust. Etc.
I see Barntech is working on a price drop now - very nice of you and I hope Bitfury cooperates!
I think DIY'ers are between a rock and a hard place. The companies that make chips also sell machines (for the most part) and they don't want to undercut themselves. (Yes, sort of a monopoly)
Just look at the hash rates between companies - they are trying to keep it tight it seems. KNC Miner recently changed that but they are in a unique position to. Hopefully that lights a fire under Bitfury and the other companies. Competition here is great. Hopefully more work for Barntech.
Hoping our chips come late this week or early next! Keep on keepin on Barntech,
IAS
I have read that bitfury are reducing the cost of the chips for their v2 boards, and so this is possibly where the price drop has started. Why they would put the price up and then immediately down is anyones guess.
Still its great to know they do have the communities interests at heart.
While KNC have done well, it appears as if in order to get out the gate first, their firmware and some components have been sub par. You just have to look at the number of firmware updates already and some customers stating their machines chips are running at 83 degrees c. Then again, this is their first foray into design and build for asics and issues like this will crop up no matter how much you test.
I'm sure all the legit companies mean well (possibly excluding BFL who seem to find it amusing to screw over customers)
*orders standoffs* 
... I'm not too fussed, but i did like the way individual discussion could be started over there. Please feel free to keep using it everyone.
But here's the pinouts for v1 and v2: