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Mar 14, 2016 at 11:18 PM Post #721 of 1,119
pazz said:
  Hey everyone, so now that I'm finally checking back in here since October, did we ever get the extra time/day for just hanging out? I'd love to show some cool technology I own actually so something like that would be great. 
 
But anyway, I may also still need a ride to the event, from UCLA approximately, if Gilly87 doesn't respond to me. Thanks!
 
Also, where do I sign up for that sick CanJam 2016 badge?
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Pazz!  Looking forward to hanging out again this year.  PM @joe for a badge.
 
In theory, I'll be driving right by UCLA on the 405, but I'm going down on Friday and staying down there over the weekend.  I can give you a ride on Friday if you need, just shoot me a PM.
 
Mar 14, 2016 at 11:27 PM Post #723 of 1,119
stillhart said:
   
Pazz!  Looking forward to hanging out again this year.  PM @joe for a badge.
 
In theory, I'll be driving right by UCLA on the 405, but I'm going down on Friday and staying down there over the weekend.  I can give you a ride on Friday if you need, just shoot me a PM.
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You too man. 
 
Actually Friday may work for me, since I'm also planning for the weekend. However, I haven't gotten any hotel reservations yet, so maybe that isn't such a good "idea"... I absolutely do plan on going both days though, even if I have to go a sleepless night whiling away at my phone in the lobby. 
 
joe said:
  @Pazz - You're all set!
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Thank you sir!
 
Mar 14, 2016 at 11:52 PM Post #724 of 1,119
andykong said:
A quick question for the those who are familiar with the Orange County/LA area.

Since we are flying all the way to the West coat from China, we want to spend a day or two after the show to check out the HeadFi shops in Orange County and LA area, kind of to understand the marketplace and feel the atmosphere of the hobby in a more "regular" tone. Can someone suggest the shops that we should visit? Portable is our primarily concern but any reputable headfi shop will serve the purpose.

Many thanks in advance.
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You can go see Gary at Affordable Audio. They carry headphones and related gear. They're up closer to LA.
http://affordableaudio.biz/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=60_37
 
Mar 15, 2016 at 3:50 AM Post #726 of 1,119
Head-Fi TV's CanJam SoCal 2016 Preview ​
 
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NOTE:  If you can't see the embedded video above, please CLICK HERE to see the video.

CanJam SoCal 2016 Preview - Head-Fi TV produced by Joseph Cwik and Jude Mansilla​
 
CanJam is heading back to SoCal, and here's our sneak peek at just some of the things you can see, hear, and play with at CanJam SoCal 2016. It's taking place March 19-20, 2016 at Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California, so be sure to check out the video, get your tickets, and be there for all of the personal audio goodness at CanJam SoCal 2016!
 
Click here to find out more details about how to get there, and how to register.
 
 
 

We will occasionally post Q&A episodes of Head-Fi TV.  If you want to submit any questions (or comments), you can do so via email to tv@head-fi.org.

 
Mar 15, 2016 at 4:56 AM Post #727 of 1,119

 
Please forgive the long post to follow, but I just wanted to touch base with all of you about:  (a) what we've got going on at CanJam SoCal 2016; and (b) how to get the most fun out of your time at Cavalli Audio's exhibit.
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Hi y'all!  
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Like last year’s CanJam SoCal, we’re going to be teaming up with MrSpeakers to headline an entire room together.  We’ll be in the San Felipe room…
 

 
…which is the room directly behind the registration tables, as you come out of the elevators on the second floor.  Feel free to come right on in, as soon as you get your badges.  We look forward to seeing you!
 
 

Welcome!

 
MrSpeakers will be showing their headphones, with a variety of listening rigs, some of which include our amps as there is some fantastic synergy between MrSpeakers headphones and Cavalli Audio amps.  We're thrilled to be sharing a room with them again!
 
If you haven't yet heard their ETHER headphones, be sure to take a listen as soon as you can.  They're very good, and popular here on Head-Fi with good reason.  While you're there, be sure to check out the brand new prototype of their new electrostatic headphone, powered by none other than a Cavalli Liquid Lightning 2 electrostatic amp.  I haven't heard the combo yet, but I have it on good authority from Dan Clark himself that it is something to behold indeed!
 
Over on our side of the room, we will be showing the following Cavalli amps:
 
  1. Liquid Spark - The latest prototype of our upcoming fully-discrete portable amp… now with final tuning!
  2. Liquid Crimson - Our dynamic hybrid desktop amp, and spiritual successor to our very first commercial amp, the Liquid Fire.
  3. Liquid Glass - The one-and-only tube rollers’ dream desktop amp… and my personal favorite of all our amps, even more than the LAu.
  4. Liquid Gold - Our fully-differential, balanced, solid-state reference amp… the amp that most embodies our magical Cavalli Audio house sound.
 
Now some of you might be wondering:  “where are your Liquid Lightning 2T electrostatic amps going to be?”  No need for concern, our friends at The Source A/V will be showing our:
 
  1. Liquid Lightning 2T (Solid State Version)
  2. Liquid Lightning 2T (Tube Version)
 
…in their quiet room on the third floor.  We’ll also be sending up a STAX SR-507, a STAX SR-007 Mk I, and a STAX SR-009 up there as well, for your listening pleasure.  On top of all that, The Source A/V will also be showing a Woo Audio WES there as well, so that you can audition all three amps together!
 
And finally, we’ll also be showing the:
 
  1. Liquid Carbon - Our wildly-popular and fully-balanced transportable solid state amp, made exclusively for the community.
 
But Warren, why are you guys showing the Liquid Carbon if there are no more Carbons left to sell?  What’s the point?
 
Well…
 
 

More Liquid Carbons!

 
Yay!
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As you’ve probably seen in the CanJam SoCal 2016 Preview Video that @jude just posted - we are indeed going to make one more run of Liquid Carbons!
 
The exact details will be announced shortly, so please stay tuned.  In the meantime, we’re bringing some Carbons to CanJam SoCal 2016, so that all of you can squeeze in one last audition before you decide to pick one up.
 
But I can tell you guys one thing about the upcoming Carbon run, we’ve been listening to your impressions and feedback, and we hope to have a few pleasant surprises for you this time around.
 
 

A Headphone Party!

 
“Daddy, can I come to your headphone party?”​
                                        - @third_eye’s daughter​
  
 
Aww, how cute! 
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  But wait, if you think about it, she’s pretty spot on.  After all, that’s exactly what CanJam is… it’s a headphone party!  And in keeping with that spirit of fun, the Cavalli Audio exhibit is going to be a little different this year than what you’ve been used to in the past.
 
 
By Head-Fiers, For Head-Fiers
 
In addition to Alex (runeight) and myself, we will be joined by a number of Head-Fiers who have graciously volunteered their time.  The following Head-Fiers will be on hand, at various times during the weekend, to help ensure that all of you get some terrific auditions (and have some fun conversations to boot):
 
  1. @Stillhart
  2. @conquerator2
  3. @mikemercer
  4. @Nomad Girl
  5. @shiorisekine
  6. @jw111
  7. @weirdfishes
 
And if we're lucky...
 
  1. @Hansotek
  2. @AxelCloris
 
might stop by as well, for some extended visits.  It’s going to be one part show, one part meet, one part listening bar, and 100% fun!
 
 
Welcome to Our Listening Bar
 
If you have your own test tracks for critical listening, please bring them!  We’ll get them loaded up on our sources for you.  Have a DAP that you want to plug in?  Just let us know and we’ll get it set up for you!  We want you to have the best listening experience you can get, and we understand that familiarity plays a large part of that.
 
But we also understand that you might not want to carry a bunch of gear with you, preferring to travel light this weekend.  Not a problem at all.  Our friends at Astell&Kern, Audeze. Blue Microphones, MrSpeakers, JH Audio, Noble Audio and Ultimate Ears have graciously augmented our listening library with several fantastic pieces of kit!
 
So even if you don’t bring a thing, you’ll still be able to audition our amps with some pretty incredible gear:
 
Headphones:IEMs:DAPs:
  1. Abyss Headphones AB-1266
  2. Audeze Sine
  3. Audeze LCD-2
  4. Audeze LCD-X
  5. Audeze LCD-XC
  6. Audeze LCD-3
  7. Audeze LCD-4
  8. Audio-Technica ATH-AD2000
  9. Blue Microphones Lola
  1. Enigmacoustics Dharma D-1000
  2. Enigmatic Audio Enigma
  3. HiFiMAN HE-6
  4. MrSpeakers Alpha Dog
  5. MrSpeakers ETHER
  6. MrSpeakers ETHER C
  7. Oppo PM-1
  8. Sennheiser HD 650
  9. Sennheiser HD 800
  1. JH Audio Rosie (universal)
  2. JH Audio Angie (universal)
  3. JH Audio Roxanne (universal)
  4. JH Audio Layla (universal)
  5. Etymotic ER4 (w/RSA Balanced connector)
  6. Noble Audio K10 (universal)
  7. Ultimate Ears Pro Reference Remastered (universal)
  1. Astell&Kern AK380 (w/docking cradle)
  2. Astell&Kern AK320 (w/docking cradle)
  3. Astell&Kern AK240 (w/docking cradle)
 
Yeah, that’s a lot of gear!  And it covers a lot of ground.  In many ways, we’re going to be like a show-within-a-show.  So come on down and hang out with us for a while!  We can talk music, talk audio, listen to music together, and SHaG together!  Oh yes, the SHaG…
 
 

Come SHaG With Us!

 
For CanJam SoCal 2016, we’re going to be SHaGging a little differently than everybody else.
 
We won’t be asking you for an email address so that we can spam you.  In fact, we won’t be asking you for any personal information at all.  And of course, we won’t be asking you to fill out any lengthy survey forms.
 
All we ask is that you audition one of our rigs, and post a quick impression about it in the CanJam SoCal 2016 Impressions Thread (which will go live as soon as the show opens on Saturday).  That’s it!  It’s super easy.
 
You can listen to whichever rig you want, for as little or as long as you want, and post whatever honest impressions you want.  Posting your impressions gives back to your fellow Head-Fiers by sharing your thoughts with them.  It also helps us by giving us feedback.  So really, it’s a win for everybody!
 
Speaking of winning…
 
 

Cavalli Audio’s Show Special

 
To celebrate CanJam SoCal 2016 - now in it’s second year - we’re offering everybody a 10% discount off any one of our premium amps.  This includes the Liquid Crimson, Liquid Glass, Liquid Gold, and our Liquid Lightning 2T amps.
 
To take advantage of our 10% show discount, simply visit our site at CavalliAudio.com.  After choosing the Cavalli amp that you’ve always wanted, enter the code CANJAMSOCAL2016 during checkout.
 
And don’t forget, we are now accepting orders for one FINAL production run of our premium amps.  If you’ve always wanted one, trust me, NOW is the time.  
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Liquid Tungsten Listening Sessions

 
And finally, as you’ve also probably seen in @jude’s CanJam SoCal 2016 Preview Video, we are working on a new flagship tube amp!  At CanJam SoCal 2016, we are proud to present to you, the world unveiling of our new prototype Liquid Tungsten!
 

 
It’s a pure tube amp, not a hybrid.  And it’s going to sit with (or above) the Liquid Gold in our line-up… because it’s shaping up to be just that good, if not better.  
 
The circuit is Alex's version of a Futterman (actually a folded cascode Futterman topology).  It's ~5W/channel, output-transformer-less (OTL), and output-capacitor-less (OCL) - employing four EL509 tubes in direct output mode where the tubes are directly coupled to your headphones for the best possible sound.
 

 
As Jude mentioned, we’re offering a limited number of audition spots in a quiet room upstairs, so that we can get feedback from Head-Fiers on how the Liquid Tungsten sounds to you guys.  There are a maximum of 20 audition spots up for grabs, all on Saturday afternoon, each one lasting 15 minutes.  
 
To earn one of these spots, simply:
 
  • Post in this thread that you would like one of the audition spots for yourself (no proxies please).
  • Please mention the best tube amp that you heard to date.
 
That’s it!  If there are more than 20 takers, we’ll randomly select 20 of you, and post the list here in this thread no later than Friday night!
 
Yes, of course, you are more than welcome to bring your own headphones and music for these audition spots.  :)
 
 

The 20 Liquid Tungsten Audition Spots:

 
 
 
 
So… who’s ready for CanJam SoCal 2016?  
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-Warren
 
P.S. - Please guys, for the love of all that is holy, don’t quote this entire post in replies!  
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Mar 15, 2016 at 5:06 AM Post #728 of 1,119
warrenpchi said:
   
But I can tell you guys one thing about the upcoming Carbon run, we’ve been listening to your impressions and feedback, and we hope to have a few pleasant surprises for you this time around.
 
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I'm not sure if I'm ready for a Liquid Carbon v1.2 upgrade my friend.
 
Mar 15, 2016 at 5:18 AM Post #729 of 1,119
@warrenpchi

I would love to audition liquid tungsten at the show. The best tube amp I have heard is my own bottlehead crack speedballed. I need to listen to more gear in general and I would love to hear your line up. Give me a spot on auditioning tungsten. :)
 
Mar 15, 2016 at 5:31 AM Post #730 of 1,119
warrenpchi said:
[COLOR=454545]By Head-Fiers, For Head-Fiers[/COLOR]
 


[COLOR=454545]In addition to Alex (runeight) and myself, we will be joined by a number of Head-Fiers who have graciously volunteered their time.  The following Head-Fiers will be on hand, at various times during the weekend, to help ensure that all of you get some terrific auditions (and have some fun conversations to boot):[/COLOR]
 


 


And if we're lucky...


 


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  • How come I am not on the list?
 
Mar 15, 2016 at 5:39 AM Post #731 of 1,119
shiorisekine said:
 
warrenpchi said:
By Head-Fiers, For Head-Fiers  


In addition to Alex (runeight) and myself, we will be joined by a number of Head-Fiers who have graciously volunteered their time.  The following Head-Fiers will be on hand, at various times during the weekend, to help ensure that all of you get some terrific auditions (and have some fun conversations to boot):  
 
[*] @Stillhart

[*] @conquerator2

[*] @mikemercer

[*] @Nomad Girl

[*] @jw111

[*] @weirdfishes

   
  And if we're lucky...
   
 
  1. @Hansotek


     
  2. @AxelCloris


     
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How come I am not on the list?
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Lol, I drafted that part before we got caught up the other day.  
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  Lemme make a quick edit!
 
Mar 15, 2016 at 5:43 AM Post #733 of 1,119
warrenpchi said:
Lol, I drafted that part before we got caught up the other day.  :xf_eek:   Lemme make a quick edit!
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Awesome, now I can be apart of the allstar cast.

But besides that jude thanks for the video my list of 2 items has increased quite a bit.
 
Mar 15, 2016 at 5:43 AM Post #734 of 1,119
audiojun said:
@warrenpchi

I would love to audition liquid tungsten at the show. The best tube amp I have heard is my own bottlehead crack speedballed. I need to listen to more gear in general and I would love to hear your line up. Give me a spot on auditioning tungsten.
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Got you on the list!  
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Mar 15, 2016 at 9:39 AM Post #735 of 1,119
jude said:
 
Head-Fi TV's CanJam SoCal 2016 Preview ​
 
​

NOTE:  If you can't see the embedded video above, please CLICK HERE to see the video.

CanJam Singapore 2016 Preview - Head-Fi TV produced by Joseph Cwik and Jude Mansilla​
 
CanJam is heading back to SoCal, and here's our sneak peek at just some of the things you can see, hear, and play with at CanJam SoCal 2016. It's taking place March 19-20, 2016 at Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California, so be sure to check out the video, get your tickets, and be there for all of the personal audio goodness at CanJam SoCal 2016!
 
Click here to find out more details about how to get there, and how to register.
 
 
 

We will occasionally post Q&A episodes of Head-Fi TV.  If you want to submit any questions (or comments), you can do so via email to tv@head-fi.org.
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What happened to the video? All the versions I've found are now marked "private". Thanks
 
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