[immtbiker]

Tic Tock…I'm ready to rock! 
 
Razz-ama-tazz…I'm ready to jazz!
 
Carbon and weather…best fall ever!

 

[conquerator2]

 

[runeight]

Here's pic of probably first one off the line. Obviously sitting on a work table at the assembly shop. Front and back panels are considerably refined from the proto pieces. Body is now a one piece extrusion.
 

 

 

[grrorr76]

  Here's pic of probably first one off the line. Obviously sitting on a work table at the assembly shop. Front and back panels are considerably refined from the proto pieces. Body is now a one piece extrusion.
 

 

is the volume pot metal or plastic just out of interest?

 

[mscott58]

  Here's pic of probably first one off the line. Obviously sitting on a work table at the assembly shop. Front and back panels are considerably refined from the proto pieces. Body is now a one piece extrusion.
 

 

Looks great Alex!!! Can't wait to get it in my system. Cheers 

 

[doctorjazz]

It does look really nice.

 

[zachawry]

Mmm...I have an almost salacious desire to put my hand on that volume knob and start cranking.

 

[zaintachik]

Woooohoooooooo. Power cables check, balanced cable check, dac not yet checked.

 

[buke9]

 
is the volume pot metal or plastic just out of interest?

Billet aluminum front and back and extruded aluminum body I don't think the volume knob would be plastic just guessing.

 

[Cardiiiii]

Oh man! After seeing those pics I want mine now

 

[DigitalFreak]

Oh schiit, that looks really nice

 

[drgajet]

Wait! Where's the power cable!

 

[tuxbass]

  Here's pic of probably first one off the line. Obviously sitting on a work table at the assembly shop. Front and back panels are considerably refined from the proto pieces. Body is now a one piece extrusion.
 

 

Wow it does look a lot more refined than the prototype versions.
Thanks for accommodating the pic request

 

[zachawry]

These'll benefit from burn-in time, right? 
 
And, thanks for the pics!

 

[runeight]

  These'll benefit from burn-in time, right? 
 
And, thanks for the pics!

 
Actually, I've been meaning to post about the burn in. Glad you asked.
 
On the big amps we always burn in for at least 50 hours before anything goes out. On the estat amps it's 100 hours.
 
But, there's really no way to burn the Carbons for this long which means that you will get them with about 5 minutes of runtime necessary to set the operating points.
 
Amp probably needs 100-150 hours, although the Carbons tend to sound pretty good right away. You can run continuously, but I recommend that you have music playing when you're doing this. Just heating the amp up for 100 hours is not nearly as useful. You don't need the volume really high. For most sources about 11 o'clock.
 
However, and this is important, it is always better to burn in with balanced headphones if you can. If you use SE headphones half of each channel will see different burn in conditions from the other half.