I heard the Realiser at Munich a few weeks ago and IMHO, it was the most impressive thing at the show. If you only come to CanJam for one thing, come to hear this. I've been in the audio industry for 26 years and am not easily impressed. This impressed me...   Cheers,   Peter.

I'd keep the CDM, but need to qualify that answer -    1. The CDM is $1500, the LC is (was...) $600 2. The CDM has a built in DAC, the LC is amp only 3. The CDM is portable, the LC is not   Cavalli did an amazing job with the LC to bring such performance to a balanced amp for relatively...

+1 My feelings exactly. As previously stated, I find the CDM to be a more musical experience than the combination of Hugo and Liquid Carbon with my modded HD800s. I use high gain and the volume control is never past half way.

It's really good, isn't it? I use my CDM in preference to my Hugo & Liquid Carbon combo with my modded HD800. Not as much higher raw detail but just so musical. The fact that the CDM also keeps me company on long plane journeys with my custom Kaiser 10 makes it so versatile.

@glassmonkey Did someone say beer? I'm in!

The Alo Continental Dual Mono (CDM) is excellent with the HD800s. Used balanced, there is loads of spare gain and Excellent control. I use the CDM in preference to my Liquid Carbon with a Hugo DAC. The fact that it's portable is just icing on the cake and it's internal DAC is excellent only...

I'm in, again! Look forward to it.

I've not heard the V5, but the CDM is a wonderful amp. My ALO addiction means I own a new Rx, a CDM and will probably get a V5, just because...   The CDM drives my HD800s beautifully. I have the output of my Hugo turned down (light blue) and the volume control is only around a third on high...

I've heard both the Orpheas and the Shangri-La at CES this week. It's apples and pears trying to compare them as the sources and content were so different. Having said that, I sensed magic with the Shangri-Las that was not there with the Orpheus. The Shangri-Las disappeared whereas the Orpheus...

Mmmmmm, it's very good. The hum is gone, with just a little hiss remaining at high gains (Waaaay louder than i'd ever actually listen to). Output on the Hugo is dialled down to 'green' which gives good control on the LC. This is the best I've ever heard my K10s. There is so much more to...

The 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable is the shortest I have. As the LC SE input shares RCA and 3.5mm connectors, and the Hugo's outputs are all paralleled anyway, I doubt it will affect the sound. I do, however, have some cable coming from Straightwire to make up a very short RCA to RCA cable. As far as i'm...

@warrenpchi I have a Kobiconn terminated Moon Audio Silver Dragon arriving tomorrow (-:

So far, I'm loving the amp. It is way too noisy on the SE output to use with my CIEMs, but on its balanced output it sings. The LC manages to balance being analytical enough to hear all the details, with a sense of musicality and timing that is rare in audio equipment. The phase splitter on the...

I only have a new 'Cryo Treated' Brown model. I'd be interested to hear a comparison between cry and non-cryo. #sceptical   Regardless, the amp is great anyway...       Cheers,   Peter.

Yes!   The ZX2 works very well with the LC. As the LC is essentially very transparent, the character f the ZX2 comes through well. gain is no problem. I have it set to unity (1x) and it drives all my headphones (connected balanced) to high volumes easily. No 3x gain necessary...