Leicachamp
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Liquid Crystal Myth/Meth
The entries I posted were decoys anyway. I have the real ones locked in a safe.
Gents, the very first taste of the portable can be had at the Chicago meet this Saturday.
dbel will be there with the output section of the portable. By way of explanation...
The digital front ends to portables fall within a wide swath of digital technology. There is a choice of DACs and peripheral technology, depending on the targeted price point. There are other choices with respect to clocking, type of volume control, etc. that also affect the price and sound.
But, for the CA portable we started with the analog output first believing that if it was possible to achieve the sound signature we were looking for there, we could button up the right front end.
And so, what dbel is bringing is the prototype output amplifier powered by an external supply. It was the results of this experiment which convinced us to go forward with a full production portable.
Digital circuitry is being tested now. Hopefully all will be put together into proto units of the correct size with the correct batteries by mid-July. But, if you 're in the area and want a preview.......
And, besides this dbel will have the pre-production LL2, LAu, his own LG and various headphones including the Abyss and 009s. Unfortunately, I will be stuck here making sure that the current production run keeps delivering amps.