Transportable Headphone Amplifier! Amplifier Break-In Your Liquid Carbon® amplifier has been tested before leaving the factory, but has very few hours on it. Most amplifiers need at least 150 hours of continuous use, playing music, to reach their full sound signatures. We recommend about the same for the Liquid Carbon®.
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The amp has two gain settings to help with the wide range of headphone impedances and sensitivities. The high gain is 3X and the low gain is 1X. The Liquid Carbon® circuit allows you to hot switch the gain using the front panel switch.
Operation Your Liquid Carbon® amplifier operates over a wide variety of power conditions, 85-265VAC/50- 60Hz. 1) Insert the proper power cord. Be absolutely sure that your power cord has an approved safety ground connection from the amp to the outlet.
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CAUTION Please remember to turn down the volume (or power down completely) before plugging or unplugging any sources or headphones into or from your Liquid Carbon ® Doing so will protect your both your hearing, and your equipment (headphones, Liquid Carbon , etc.).
Headphone Outputs The Liquid Carbon® Balanced Transportable Headphone Amplifier is equipped with one 4 Pin XLR output, one 4 Pin RSA (Kobiconn) output, and one TRS (Phone). All three output jacks are on the front panel. 4 Pin XLR This jack supports headphones wired with a 4 Pin fully balanced connector. This jack is labeled above the round jack with the letters “bal”.
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Balanced vs Single Ended Outputs The Liquid Carbon® is a versatile balanced amplifier in that it can receive both Balanced and SE inputs, always working in balanced mode, and it offers both Balanced and SE outputs. When using the Carbon, however, it is important to remember that the Carbon is designed to perform its best using the balanced output.
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Ventilation The Liquid Carbon® dissipates about 8W of power. The Carbon is designed to run a little warm in a small enclosure, but it still needs good ventilation. Don’t enclose it in a space with no air flow or on top of equipment which gets hot.
Warranty This Cavalli Audio product has a 1-Year warranty for parts and labor. Warranty does not include fully insured shipping costs to Cavalli Audio. Warranties are not transferable unless pre- authorized in writing by Cavalli Audio. If the repair is due to customer damage or negligence, repairs will be charged as parts and labor, which will be quoted before work is performed.
Limitation of Liability IN NO EVENT WILL CAVALLI AUDIO OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO CUSTOMER FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS,...
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