[sling5s]

Guys,
It's a $600.00 amp with lifetime warranty. It sounds very good.
I have one in my office, (#83) but I can't wait to get home to listen to an amp I paid $650.00 for.
Im not getting rid of mine, but it's not like it's the best amp in he world for its price.

How does it compare to your Feliks Audio Elise at home?

 

[warrenpchi]

 

Hope to see ya there.

I can't wait! I'll be demoing the crap out of the Cavalli booth

 

 

 

[aqsw]

How does it compare to your Feliks Audio Elise at home?

Sorry guys, but In my opinion the Elise with stock tubes is better. With $100.00 proper upgrade the Elise kills the Carbon.
I am a tube guy by heart. The Carbon does have a tube "feel" to it.

JMO

LC#83
ELISE #28

P.S. I feel the dac is more important than the amp. I use Hegel Hd12 with the LC, and a Space tech tube dac with the Elise.
They are both quality dacs. Worth way more than the amps they are controlling. I feel it' comparable.

 

[inthere]

  How does it compare to your Feliks Audio Elise at home?

 
With stock tubes the Feliks Audio Elise has a more magical vibe, but when I turn mine up past 1:00 I get distortion on the bass. I just can't get it loud enough without distorting. 
 
 I have over 40 headphones. Every single pair of headphone I tried with the Elise gets wooly and distorted in the bass when I turn the volume past 1:00. 
 
I'm thinking that if I change tubes i can solve the problem, but who needs the hassle? If I had the choice between the two I'd pick the Carbon without hesitation. I get the tube vibe i want if I use the Aune T1 mkII as a tube DAC.

 

[defbear]

Im working up courage to apply my LC discount on a Liquid Gold. Still, it's $3400. And I have an Audio-gd Master 11 that I just adore. Any thoughts?

 

[inthere]

My Liquid Carbon just broke I think. Getting distortion on everything at every level. It's a 2nd hand Carbon, does the warranty apply?

 

[inthere]

Umm, something very weird is happening........I have my headphones plugged into the 3.5mm output of my Liquid Carbon and I'm getting music-my Liquid Carbon isn't plugged in! It sounds great too. lol.

 

[nudd]

  Umm, something very weird is happening........I have my headphones plugged into the 3.5mm output of my Liquid Carbon and I'm getting music-my Liquid Carbon isn't plugged in! It sounds great too. lol.

 
That's weird. The Liquid Carbon does not have a 3.5mm output ...

 

[inthere]

Mine does

 

[x RELIC x]

Mine does

Those are inputs. What's going on here?!

 

[inthere]

Plug a 3.5 headphone in there, remove the power plug, and listen

 

[ejong7]

Did somene just discovered a secret 3.5mm input/output for the LC? What? I thought everything at the back was for the inputs.

 

[inthere]

My LC started distorting, I think I know what's wrong, but I can't fix it. Anyway I checked the other outputs for distortion and saw the 3.5 around back. I plugged my EL-8s in and got no distortion. So I turned off the LC because I'm about to pack it up and send it to Cavalli right? But the music is still playing out of the EL-8s even though the amp was turned off........So I say What and remove the power cable.........music is still playing LOUDLY without a power cable connected.........

 

[ejong7]

My LC started distorting, I think I know what's wrong, but I can't fix it. Anyway I checked the other outputs for distortion and saw the 3.5 around back. I plugged my EL-8s in and got no distortion. So I turned off the LC because I'm about to pack it up and send it to Cavalli right? But the music is still playing out of the EL-8s even though the amp was turned off........So I say What and remove the power cable.........music is still playing LOUDLY without a power cable connected.........

That is so weird. Firstly that 3.5mm is the single ended input. I'm now going on the assumption that your amp was connected to the source through the balanced inputs to have music. I'm not sure whats the exact build inside (nor am I an expert) but sounds to me like the caps are discharging so theres still music. Since its not 'turned on' per say, the music is output at its max power (either balanced max or single ended max).
 
But that is just baseless and pointless remarks. The fact that its playing from the input is weird enough. Maybe you have the only 3.5mm output LC out there who knows.

 

[inthere]

It was connected to the source through the RCA inputs, I'm going to video the music playing without power