@warrenpchi has been bugging me to write a full review, but I honestly don't feel that I have enough experience with different amps to write a review.  
 
I'm happy to give some impressions as well as comparisons to the amps I do have sitting around (NFB-28, Project Solstice, C5 Portable Amp).  I don't know how much that will help people, but I'm happy to contribute FWIW.

stillhart said:

@warrenpchi
 has been bugging me to write a full review, but I honestly don't feel that I have enough experience with different amps to write a review.  

I'm happy to give some impressions as well as comparisons to the amps I do have sitting around (NFB-28, Project Solstice, C5 Portable Amp).  I don't know how much that will help people, but I'm happy to contribute FWIW.

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MHO is that a review doesn't necessarily have to compare. Sometimes just listening to and reporting on lots of music or a smaller number of revealing tracks can be equally as helpful. Providing that the rest of the chain isn't limiting the results.

runeight said:

MHO is that a review doesn't necessarily have to compare. Sometimes just listening to and reporting on lots of music or a smaller number of revealing tracks can be equally as helpful. Providing that the rest of the chain isn't limiting the results.

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Well jeez, if the man himself wants to see a review from me, who am I to say no?  lol  I'll try to work something up.  If anyone has any suggestions on tracks they're curious about, let me know.
 
For the record, I've got 4 desktop DAC's right now (including the Theta Basic II balanced, Audio-GD DAC-19 and Audio-GD NFB-28) and too many headphones (including the HE-560, Noble 4c, HD650, PM-3 and ZMF Blackwoods with the Omni coming soon) for the rest of the chain.  Hopefully that should cover enough bases to not limit the results.
 
Come to think of it, why do I have so many headphones and DAC's and only a few amps?    

stillhart said:

   
Well jeez, if the man himself wants to see a review from me, who am I to say no?  lol  I'll try to work something up.  If anyone has any suggestions on tracks they're curious about, let me know.
 
For the record, I've got 4 desktop DAC's right now (including the Theta Basic II balanced, Audio-GD DAC-19 and Audio-GD NFB-28) and too many headphones (including the HE-560, Noble 4c, HD650, PM-3 and ZMF Blackwoods with the Omni coming soon) for the rest of the chain.  Hopefully that should cover enough bases to not limit the results.
 
Come to think of it, why do I have so many headphones and DAC's and only a few amps?  

  

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+1 for putting up a review haha! 

rollinbr said:

 

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Something else?  CRIMSON?!?!  

 
Lol, well if 396 was first, then I wasn't first after all.  So we both fail!  

 
 
Hmm, Ima say no.

It was never confirmed if 396 was an actual liquid carbon order or not. Otherwise warrenpchi has the first order at 397. What we don't know is how many other Cavalli product orders are mixed in with the current count. All Cavalli product orders go through one system. I would guess we would be getting close to the 500 number though. My order number is 435.

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I think we are some thousands now.

stillhart said:

Come to think of it, why do I have so many headphones and DAC's?  :confused_face(1):   

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You have a sickness. Group therapy may help. "Hello Stillhart. Welcome."

Nope still not at 500 according to the good doctor. Can't imagine they all haven't sold out yet.

joeexp said:

All unnecessary as the LC has a PhaseSplitter for the SE input.
So no adapters needed. 

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But I'm good on input; I'm talking about being able to easily switch between using some Custom Art CIEMs with either my iPhone (for convenience at my noisy work) or my preordered Liquid Carbon (balanced output, for max experience).

xuan87 said:

The phase splitter, as your rightly put it, is for the analog in.
However, my reply was to an original question someone had about using both SE and Balanced headphone out on the LC with his CIEM without changing his CIEM cables.

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Yes!
Because I'm concerned of wear and tear on the IEM connector. I liked your ideas by the way, too bad you can't have a SE cord with a balanced adapter! I may just get a 4' balanced cable that can plug straight into the LC (kobiconn or XLR, hmm), and a short adapter cable with just enough slack to stash the cable/cable connection chunk in my pocket next to the phone. I can remote control my playback from my watch, anyway.

decentlevi said:

Oh Stillhart, you own a LC now - so why not heat things up around here and give us your own review on it?

Come on Stillhart, I'm sure you can raise the bar from the last review - maybe you can give us your impressions using adjectives or the sound glossary, or comparisons to other amps... or come up with your own review style.

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Oh, the man definitely has his own review style with IMO a nice mix of facts/descriptions (for objective understanding) and impressions/personal opinion/humor (so I can tell if he was interested or having fun). Stillhart already posted a pretty good impression of the Liquid Carbon back when he demo'd it at CanJam (literally the reason why I pre-ordered it, also I felt I needed an alternative to my S.E.T. tube amp), but I bet we'll hear more about it when the time is right (Now?). I'm gonna review the daylights out of the LC when mine arrives!

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Well jeez, if the man himself wants to see a review from me, who am I to say no?  lol  I'll try to work something up.  If anyone has any suggestions on tracks they're curious about, let me know.

For the record, I've got 4 desktop DAC's right now (including the Theta Basic II balanced, Audio-GD DAC-19 and Audio-GD NFB-28) and too many headphones (including the HE-560, Noble 4c, HD650, PM-3 and ZMF Blackwoods with the Omni coming soon) for the rest of the chain.  Hopefully that should cover enough bases to not limit the results.

Come to think of it, why do I have so many headphones and DAC's and only a few amps?  :confused_face(1):   

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Go for it bud, we all want to hear your thoughts.

stillhart said:

   
Well jeez, if the man himself wants to see a review from me, who am I to say no?  lol  I'll try to work something up.  If anyone has any suggestions on tracks they're curious about, let me know.
 
For the record, I've got 4 desktop DAC's right now (including the Theta Basic II balanced, Audio-GD DAC-19 and Audio-GD NFB-28) and too many headphones (including the HE-560, Noble 4c, HD650, PM-3 and ZMF Blackwoods with the Omni coming soon) for the rest of the chain.  Hopefully that should cover enough bases to not limit the results.
 
Come to think of it, why do I have so many headphones and DAC's and only a few amps?  

  

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Looking forward to your thoughts. 

Thanks for the encouragement, folks.  I'll get working on it tonight.

stillhart said:

  Thanks for the encouragement, folks.  I'll get working on it tonight.

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evshrug said:

But I'm good on input; I'm talking about being able to easily switch between using some Custom Art CIEMs with either my iPhone (for convenience at my noisy work) or my preordered Liquid Carbon (balanced output, for max experience).
Yes!
Because I'm concerned of wear and tear on the IEM connector. I liked your ideas by the way, too bad you can't have a SE cord with a balanced adapter! I may just get a 4' balanced cable that can plug straight into the LC (kobiconn or XLR, hmm), and a short adapter cable with just enough slack to stash the cable/cable connection chunk in my pocket next to the phone. I can remote control my playback from my watch, anyway.
Oh, the man definitely has his own review style with IMO a nice mix of facts/descriptions (for objective understanding) and impressions/personal opinion/humor (so I can tell if he was interested or having fun). Stillhart already posted a pretty good impression of the Liquid Carbon back when he demo'd it at CanJam (literally the reason why I pre-ordered it, also I felt I needed an alternative to my S.E.T. tube amp), but I bet we'll hear more about it when the time is right (Now?). I'm gonna review the daylights out of the LC when mine arrives!

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I have come to conclusiom which i will be implementing is that the best way to do this is to get a kobicon connector but get it custom made so that instead of it being right angled, make it straight. If you are handy with diy it should be possible to convert the roght angled plug to a straight plug yourself but for convenience I am just getting on custom made

Then a kobiconn female to 3.5mm trs adaptor for the iPhone.

stillhart said:

Thanks for the encouragement, folks.  I'll get working on it tonight.

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No pressure stillhart. We're all waiting hehe

nudd said:

I have come to conclusiom which i will be implementing is that the best way to do this is to get a kobicon connector but get it custom made so that instead of it being right angled, make it straight. If you are handy with diy it should be possible to convert the roght angled plug to a straight plug yourself but for convenience I am just getting on custom made

Then a kobiconn female to 3.5mm trs adaptor for the iPhone.

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It is very easy to make it a straight connector. Did it years ago for the RSA amps and my own IC's and Whiplash does it for the modular headphone cables they make.