[Frank I]

   
Do you think that the Liquid Carbon has adequate power to drive the LCD-3F to their full potential ?
 
What are the main differences between the LCD-3F and the Ether with the Liquid Carbon ?
 
Thanks!

The Carbon will drive the lCD3 easily. In my auditions with the amp it was driving the LCD X easily and sounded fantastic. This amp is a bargain price but anything else from bargain -it is reference quality and maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity.

 

[aamefford]

TEh Carbon will drive the lCD3 easily. In my auditions with the amp it was driving the LCD X easily and sounded fantastic. This amp is a bargain price but anything else form bargain it is reference quality and maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Hah! That's what Warren told me right before I groused about hating preorders, and then caved 10 minutes later and ordered one! LOL.

 

[Serenitty]

Hah! That's what Warren told me right before I groused about hating preorders, and then caved 10 minutes later and ordered one! LOL.

This is why I was willing to take a leap of faith on something I'd never heard solely based on Canjam reviews...  Totally out of character for me, ask my wife... 
 
But not about this particular purchase...

 

[warrenpchi]

 

TEh Carbon will drive the lCD3 easily. In my auditions with the amp it was driving the LCD X easily and sounded fantastic. This amp is a bargain price but anything else form bargain it is reference quality and maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity.

 
Hah! That's what Warren told me right before I groused about hating preorders, and then caved 10 minutes later and ordered one! LOL.

 
You would have hated me four months from now if I didn't.  

 
Serenitty, I'm pretty controlled when it comes to audio purchases... but even I jumped in quickly on this one.  IMO, it's simply too good to pass up.

 

[DigitalFreak]

   
You would have hated me four months from now if I didn't.  

 
Serenitty, I'm pretty controlled when it comes to audio purchases... but even I jumped in quickly on this one.  IMO, it's simply too good to pass up.

Oh puuulleeaaasseeee, you salivate and jump up and down like a little kid at Xmas as much as I do
 
Hey guys, my balanced ALO Hifiman cable arrived today.
Stay tuned for my HE-400i impressions

 

[aamefford]

  Oh puuulleeaaasseeee, you salivate and jump up and down like a little kid at Xmas as much as I do
 
Hey guys, my balanced ALO Hifiman cable arrived today.
Stay tuned for my HE-400i impressions

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!  True that!  (Ok, I haven't actually seen it, but it is pretty easy to imagine.)

 

[HiFiGuy528]

I look forward to checking it out at the meet this weekend.  

 

[goldendarko]

I look forward to checking it out at the meet this weekend.  

 


Scoping out the competition I see...

 

[joeexp]

Perhaps we should install a countdown somewhere  - so we know how many days until delivery! 
 

 

 

[ejong7]

  Perhaps we should install a countdown somewhere  - so we know how many days until delivery! 
 

 

Thing is we only know it should be 4 months from preorder date, not like it's a definite time scale for delivery. Though I don't think Cavalli Audio delays that much (you know who Im referring to).

 

[runeight]

  I look forward to checking it out at the meet this weekend.  

 
For those of you who will be in SF this weekend for the meet please note.
 
The Carbon that will be there is, I believe, the one that Jude has reviewed. It is the very first pre-prototype unit that had the SMPS. Electrically it is the same as the current units that Arli is reviewing and that Dan Clark (Mr. Speakers) has.
 
However, this first unit has the original stacked 3.5mm jacks on the front and the lettering and graphics on the panels are not as sharp or refined as the current pieces.
 
To see what the current proto looks like (and something much closer to the production piece) please see the photos on the website.

 

[hemtmaker]

SE input to the RCA jacks gives balanced output.

Great! I am thinking of using the IDSD micro's rca lineout to fred the Liquid carbon, and then use the balanced headphone out. You reckon this dac is good enough?

 

[ButtUglyJeff]

   
For those of you who will be in SF this weekend for the meet please note.
 
The Carbon that will be there is, I believe, the one that Jude has reviewed. It is the very first pre-prototype unit that had the SMPS. Electrically it is the same as the current units that Arli is reviewing and that Dan Clark (Mr. Speakers) has.
 
However, this first unit has the original stacked 3.5mm jacks on the front and the lettering and graphics on the panels are not as sharp or refined as the current pieces.
 
To see what the current proto looks like (and something much closer to the production piece) please see the photos on the website.

 
In that first prototype in Jude's video, was that dual balanced 3.5mm or just two 3.5mm standard jacks?

 

[runeight]

It was just two standard 3.5mm jacks. One of them had series resistors as an experiment in noise reduction. But it turned out that this was not needed and that a 1/4" jack was more useful.

 

[gr8soundz]

   
For those of you who will be in SF this weekend for the meet please note.
 
The Carbon that will be there is, I believe, the one that Jude has reviewed. It is the very first pre-prototype unit that had the SMPS. Electrically it is the same as the current units that Arli is reviewing and that Dan Clark (Mr. Speakers) has.
 
However, this first unit has the original stacked 3.5mm jacks on the front and the lettering and graphics on the panels are not as sharp or refined as the current pieces.
 
To see what the current proto looks like (and something much closer to the production piece) please see the photos on the website.

 
Will there be a Carbon at the upcoming NYC meet as well (didn't see Cavalli on the the vendor list)?