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Headphoneus Supremus
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Sounds like I haven't fully heard the Carbon yet without the balanced cable. Can't wait to recieve it.
Sounds like I haven't fully heard the Carbon yet without the balanced cable. Can't wait to recieve it.
lol try to watch educational tv only. Lol. The debates are to farcical.If @reddog
was listening to the last GOP debate through Crimson, it probably got really dirty and is in need of liberal cleaning.
@aamefford
, have you upgraded the tube in the Crimson yet? I grabbed a nice $100 NOS tube and it improved the sound noticeably. I don't like the idea of fiddling with tubes either, so I just bought a really good one (from a friend so I knew it was good and it worked) and called it a day. Even at the RMAF discount price, the tube was significantly cheaper than the cost of the amp so the noticeable increase in performance was money well spent IMO.
With my Primes and 400i's, it's pretty much night and day. It's a whole different experience for me, and one that has me tempted to end the game here.Sounds like I haven't fully heard the Carbon yet without the balanced cable. Can't wait to recieve it.
Certainly not night and day difference by any means, but certainly better to my ears.
So I moved to a new city last weekend and most of my stuff is still in boxes. That includes most of my audio gear and the tables where I plan to put it. As good as my portable rig is (AK100ii or QP1R and Noble4C or Westone ES60 currently), I miss my desktop rig. Tonight I decided to dig out my LC at least and run it right from the line out on a DAP into my HD800. It's no DAC-19 + Liquid Crimson, but it should scratch the itch.
Well damn, I forget sometimes how GOOD the LC sounds. I settled on the AK100ii for the DAC (the QP1R is more resolving but it's brighter and the HD800 doesn't like it as much) and this is just a really really good combo. For most sane people (i.e. people not willing to spend three grand or more on a big brother Cavalli), the Liquid Carbon could easily be endgame. I know as soon as I plug my Crimson back in I'll remember why I bought it, but for now I know that if a cash crunch should hit, I could sell the Crimson and be perfectly happy with the LC alone.
Fun fact: I listened to the "Akira" symphonic suite (OST) two+ times through and now I'm jamming to some Bonobo. Having a wonderful evening of listening thanks to the LC.
No. The previous owner went through a couple of NOS tubes and back to stock. Lmk what you went with. I'll try out a NOS tube at some point. I like the idea of the currently available Genelax.
No. The previous owner went through a couple of NOS tubes and back to stock. Lmk what you went with. I'll try out a NOS tube at some point. I like the idea of the currently available Genelax.
I've been very satisfied with my AK120ii > LC > Ether C combo... I don't have anything to compare it to right now, but I have doubts that another Dac would be that much better.
I switched in a good NOS Telefunken E88CC PLATINUM and it was alright, but I found I liked the Crimson better with the Genalex Gold lion.
If there's one thing I want from the AK100ii it's a bit more clarity/resolution. The 120 has two of the single DAC that's in the 100, so I suspect it's got that extra clarity I crave. I know the Ether C is very revealing of detail so if you're not noticing any softness, it's probably pretty solid. I'll have to see if I can find someone local with a AK120ii or AK240 (same DAC setup) so I can test it out. Possibly against the Mojo.
The two I'm curious about are the Mojo and the Bifrost Multibit. There were a couple of bimby's at the DC meet last weekend, but with the background noise unless the difference was sledgehammer in the face obvious, I doubt I would have noticed. Like comparing my ether C off the LC vs the Lcd-XC. That was obvious....
The two I'm curious about are the Mojo and the Bifrost Multibit. There were a couple of bimby's at the DC meet last weekend, but with the background noise unless the difference was sledgehammer in the face obvious, I doubt I would have noticed. Like comparing my ether C off the LC vs the Lcd-XC. That was obvious....
The two I'm curious about are the Mojo and the Bifrost Multibit. There were a couple of bimby's at the DC meet last weekend, but with the background noise unless the difference was sledgehammer in the face obvious, I doubt I would have noticed. Like comparing my ether C off the LC vs the Lcd-XC. That was obvious....
I have a Dario Miniwatt or some such. @Hansotek
is the original owner, he can expound a bit. I just know that it gave me a very nice bump to the low end. I believe he swapped out to a Telefunken?
If there's one thing I want from the AK100ii it's a bit more clarity/resolution. The 120 has two of the single DAC that's in the 100, so I suspect it's got that extra clarity I crave. I know the Ether C is very revealing of detail so if you're not noticing any softness, it's probably pretty solid. I'll have to see if I can find someone local with a AK120ii or AK240 (same DAC setup) so I can test it out. Possibly against the Mojo.
I don't like to roll tubes but I'd be curious what all tubes people end up with. We should maybe take that discussion over to the Crimson thread. It's depressingly dead in there and I hope it'll pick up soon with the final run coming and the LC discount.