I have ordered the LC and its NOT your own modded LCD 2.2 

Hahaha

Fine. 

I think my slow-arse, super bright LCD-2 still sounded amazing out of Carbon. And now that I have a relatively fast and awesome Stax to compare to, I think I can get that LCD-2 to sound even more amazing, so you're in for a treat!

Seriously, though, bass on Carbon (and to a lesser extent, the portable) scared the living hell out of me with the LCD-2. Impact was awesomesausage! The bass drum in Hotel California exploded! Disregarding the fact that it was the LCD-2, the amp did an awesome job powering those cans. So mad props to Cavalli for pulling that off. Sound sig aside, the bass impact is a very telling sign of a clean power supply + some amazing power deliverance and control from that amp.

just jump on one, now it's time to save up for yggy i guess 

haven't been brave enough to set a 4 month countdown timer on my iPhone yet tho....
 

i've been waiting close to ten months for a Geek Stream.  If the Carbon shows up in four, I will be overjoyed.

fellow geek pulse backer here, yeah 4 months is NOTHING to us.  I feel like after going through the geek pulse campaign I'm like a holocaust survivor with an auschwitz tattoo.  nothing can faze me now

TBH, the hype on Headfi around Geek almost saw me joining it a few months after the initial crowdfunding run. Then I saw the projected wait time and it was insane. Now I see them and all I see is a company which sure knows how to price and market its stuff but completely fails at delivery.

The only way Cavalli can match them is to announce the Carbon as the base amp at $399, put in extra options (say premium Cinemag transformers or carbon fiber case), launch a crowdfunding campaign on indiegogo/kickstarter that doesn't end, then six months down the road after only delivering say only 300 Carbons, announce and hype another product and say they are shipping that while having failed to deliver on the original backers for the Carbon.

I spent the better part of a day with the Carbon at the Nashville meet a few weeks ago. For me, the performance of the Carbon was remarkable at it's price point. I compared it against some flagship amps: wa5, Rag, Liquid Crimson, as well as some mid tier amps: Asgard 2, idsd micro. I didn't need an entire day to realize that the Carbon was my next amp. I'm in the pre-order line. Starting the countdown timer.

Great choice \o/ 

I figure I should check in here too. I got in somewhere near order #50. My current plan is TransDAC > Liquid Carbon > SE Paradox (then, when funds allow, a pair of balanced Slants). I suspect that this setup is going to be incredible for its size and (relatively) low cost.