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Furley

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Re: Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon - pre-order
« Reply #50 on: June 02, 2015, 01:19:54 PM »
Is that marbled brisket or lean brisket?  Lockhart or something like The Granary in San Antonio?

In all seriousness, thanks for the food analogy Anax.  It made a lot of sense to me.  For the sake of comparison, how do you classify Ragnarok?
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Re: Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon - pre-order
« Reply #51 on: June 03, 2015, 02:20:42 PM »
Has anyone taken a look at the Audio-GD 1AMP? It has a ton of power and preamp outputs for a little bit cheaper than the LC. I'm considering switching my preorder over.
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Re: Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon - pre-order
« Reply #52 on: June 11, 2015, 01:40:49 PM »
I'm hoping for great things from LC paired with gungnir. I've always enjoyed the dynamics (which are bordering on explosive) of the gung. I'm thinking that this combo should prove to be something to hang my hat on and just enjoy the music.
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Re: Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon - pre-order
« Reply #53 on: June 11, 2015, 06:41:05 PM »
Quote from: MattTCG on June 11, 2015, 01:40:49 PM
I'm hoping for great things from LC paired with gungnir. I've always enjoyed the dynamics (which are bordering on explosive) of the gung. I'm thinking that this combo should prove to be something to hang my hat on and just enjoy the music.

Didn't you sell me your Gungnir? HOW DID YOU GET ANOTHER ONE?
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Re: Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon - pre-order
« Reply #54 on: June 11, 2015, 10:53:26 PM »
Quote from: cizx on June 11, 2015, 06:41:05 PM
Didn't you sell me your Gungnir? HOW DID YOU GET ANOTHER ONE?
Well, I had the bifrost and gung. Left them on the desk overnight and the next morning...there was a new dac :-)
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Re: Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon - pre-order
« Reply #55 on: June 24, 2015, 12:37:51 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on May 24, 2015, 08:00:35 AM
Of course. What do you want to know? Mine are modded though, so maybe that's not as useful.


Anax, thoughts on the LC vs the Ragnarok?
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Re: Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon - pre-order
« Reply #56 on: June 24, 2015, 06:22:12 PM »
Quote from: olor1n on June 24, 2015, 12:37:51 PM
Anax, thoughts on the LC vs the Ragnarok?

Ragnarok will be more clear, resolving, and nuanced but SS is more flat lacking depth and bass is not ideal with the HD800 but better with orthos or other phones. Carbon is more organic and euphonic but tastefully so and still transparent enough to appreciate upstream changes. Of course, price and size are quite different.
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Re: Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon - pre-order
« Reply #57 on: June 25, 2015, 05:27:28 AM »
anyone compared the balanced and unbalanced outputs of this yet? any discernable difference?
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Re: Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon - pre-order
« Reply #58 on: June 25, 2015, 06:05:33 PM »
I got a chance to listen to the amp at Axpona.  During meet conditions, about the only thing I can say is that the balanced out is louder than the single-ended out at the same position on the volume switch.  My Mad Dog Pro is terminated with an XLR.  I had my 1/4" adapter with me so I tried both.

My understanding is that the use of the single-ended out only takes advantage of half the amp's power.

Anyone else have experience in better conditions to evaluate the two outputs?
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Re: Cavalli Audio Liquid Carbon - pre-order
« Reply #59 on: June 25, 2015, 06:33:39 PM »
Quote from: Cryptowolf on June 25, 2015, 06:05:33 PM
I got a chance to listen to the amp at Axpona.  During meet conditions, about the only thing I can say is that the balanced out is louder than the single-ended out at the same position on the volume switch.

Anyone else have experience in better conditions to evaluate the two outputs?

I heard it in the same conditions but during a quieter time using Ether and A-Prime, neither of which I'd heard before. The difference was negligible with XLR sounding very, very slightly better in a way I couldn't easily identify (maybe just a little smoother? more coherent? dunno) and I can't be sure the cause wasn't only a slight difference in volume. If there is a difference, HD800 will pick it up.
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