[pippen99]

All set. Balanced connects, Norne Draug v2 balanced cable, Auralic Vega DAC, and LCD-X cans.  Ready to rock and roll.  Come on August!

 

[ButtUglyJeff]

I'm waiting on a DAC till after I get my LC.  Too many tempting things seem to be dropping this Fall in the DAC market.  My HiFi-M8 will be my temporary source till then.
 
But I just ordered a Kimber Kable for my MDR-Z7s.  And then it goes out to be modded for 4 pin XLR...

 

[x RELIC x]

I need the cable/adaptor for my IEM, have the balanced for the Audeze cans. I'm going to see how the HA-1 DAC does with the Carbon and then decide after that what I may want.

 

[jjacq]

Got my GDA700 back today from the shop that cleaned and maintained this DAC, have my balanced XLR cables ready, my IEM adaptors, and my v1.5 Norne Draug... I'm itching to get a cheap-y amp while waiting for the LC. Agh.... can't wait!
 

 

[mscott58]

Geek Pulse X Infinity/LPS4 and LCD-3F's and K-10's ready and waiting. 
 
Getting my Moon Audio SD V3 reterminated to 4-pin XLR so I can run the Audeze's in balanced from both the Infinity and the LC. Also have a Norne 4-pin to 2.5mm TRRS adapter so I can also use the K-10's balanced without having to change the cable I use with the ALO CDM. 
 
All should be set before Alex's little wonder shows up!

Cheers 

 

[doctorjazz]

 
Cool!  Now, back to the business of getting headphones, DACs and cables for our Carbon rigs.  Is everyone all set?

Almost. Have all my balanced headphone cables and adapters plus a few different XLR cables to connect the iDSD Micro and Ponoplayer to it.

But it looks like the HRT Music Streamer HD I got is defective. Spent a few days troubleshooting EVERYTHING but it still stops playing any sound and becomes unresponsive shortly after playback starts.

So much for my plan to add a full balanced dac with the LC. Guess I'll have to keep looking.

I'm waiting for a balanced cable for Pono to HE-1000...did you mean you got a cable to use from Pono to LC? Which cable, might I ask? Was it special order or do they have it in stock?
 

 

[AxelCloris]

  Cool!  Now, back to the business of getting headphones, DACs and cables for our Carbon rigs.  Is everyone all set?

 
The Ether you forced me to buy (yes, forced) should be here in the next couple of weeks. I'll be using my GO SE with the Carbon for a while.
 

I still need the Ethers. I bought a Dac I didn't know I needed, and spent half the Ether fund. Anyone want to buy a mint silver HA-1, or maybe a pair of Alpha Primes?

Or a kidney?

 
May have to take you up on the kidney.

 

[gr8soundz]

I'm waiting for a balanced cable for Pono to HE-1000...did you mean you got a cable to use from Pono to LC? Which cable, might I ask? Was it special order or do they have it in stock?

 
pasted your question; you accidentally typed inside quote of what I posted
 
I got 2 of these:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KO8W4CK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
 
Confirmed the pinouts with Cable Matters too. Matches Pono's beloved tech sheets exactly. Should have no grounding issues with the LC balanced.
 
Have less confidence in my Ponoplayer though after it stopped working. Got it back from repair but haven't tested everything yet.
 
EDIT: I got the 3ft cables but link now goes to 15ft. Not sure if 3 footers still avail but 6ft is $9.99 each.
 

 

[mscott58]

 
Have less confidence in my Ponoplayer though after it stopped working. Got it back from repair but haven't tested everything yet.
 

Did they really repair it or just replace it? 

 

[ying]

  Cool!  Now, back to the business of getting headphones, DACs and cables for our Carbon rigs.  Is everyone all set?

 
Yep, got my brand new Teac UD301, plus some Furutech xlr cables for full balance set up. Ready to rock and roll when my carbon arrives!!!!!!!!

 

 

[digitalzed]

  Cool!  Now, back to the business of getting headphones, DACs and cables for our Carbon rigs.  Is everyone all set?

Yep, WyWires balanced cables for the Pulse Xfi, Wywire Red cables for the Ethers' coming tomorrow, Wireworld power cables for all.

 

[gr8soundz]

  Did they really repair it or just replace it? 

 
Repair. Still has the exact same single bad pixel on the screen (the one they said they'd take care of but clearly didn't). Can even see a tiny amount of glue around the screen edges from when they put it back together.
 
As I said, not too confident in Pono long-term. Sounds incredible balanced but glad I only paid $249 for it.
 

 

[doctorjazz]

I'm waiting for a balanced cable for Pono to HE-1000...did you mean you got a cable to use from Pono to LC? Which cable, might I ask? Was it special order or do they have it in stock?

pasted your question; you accidentally typed inside quote of what I posted

I got 2 of these:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KO8W4CK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

Confirmed the pinouts with Cable Matters too. Matches Pono's beloved tech sheets exactly. Should have no grounding issues with the LC balanced.

Have less confidence in my Ponoplayer though after it stopped working. Got it back from repair but haven't tested everything yet.

 
EDIT: I got the 3ft cables but link now goes to 15ft. Not sure if 3 footers still avail but 6ft is $9.99 each.

 

Thanks, looks like that would work for Pono balanced into LC. I'd be interested in a higher end cable that doesn't break the bank, but curious what you think of these when the LC arrives.

 

[doctorjazz]

I have been using the GO SE now into my MicroZOTL 2 to drive the HE-1000, can't wait to try it with the LC (eventually the Vi Tube Infinity will be a source, but there'll be many many pages in this thread by then!)

 

[Stillhart]

   
Almost. Have all my balanced headphone cables and adapters plus a few different XLR cables to connect the iDSD Micro and Ponoplayer to it.
 
But it looks like the HRT Music Streamer HD I got is defective. Spent a few days troubleshooting EVERYTHING but it still stops playing any sound and becomes unresponsive shortly after playback starts.
 
So much for my plan to add a full balanced dac with the LC. Guess I'll have to keep looking.
 

 
Interesting.  I had an HRT Microstreamer that had issues on one computer where it just wouldn't work.  On the other computer it worked perfectly fine, but on the other, it'd cut out after a few seconds.  HRT was pretty good about working with me to troubleshoot, but at the end of the day, I decided to just sell it and get something that works.
 
Have you tried it on different comps?  I assume you're using Windows; you might try finding a friend with a Mac to let you test it.  Supposedly the problems I had are not a thing on iOS (I made sure the guy I sold mine to was a Mac user and he reported no problems with it).  This might show if the unit is actually defective or just not working with your setup.
 

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Anyways, this thread had turned into a real gear-porn thread!  lol  Currently I'm using the LC with my Theta Basic II DAC in balanced mode and the HE-560 headphones with a balanced cable that I made myself.  
 
I plan on doing some testing on the LC with the same DAC in SE vs Balanced mode to hear the difference.  I'll do the same test with my Audio-GD NFB-28 and see if the LC handles the SE->Balanced conversion any better than the other balanced amp I have here.  Why, you ask?  Why not, I ask you in return!