Caiman SEG at last :)

[Trumpetman]

At last I was able to fetch the camain seg and it sound beautiful :):):)

The only thing i wondered about was if it is normal that when i have it connected to the preamp and the dacs volum pot is at max the right speaker is suddely much lower? having a jack to 3,5mm adapter inserted in the HP output removes this problem though.
The same problem comes up when i use the preamp outputs into my integrated amp though the HP jack doesnt fix this prob, just closes all sound to the speakers. Havent tried it with a dedikated poweramp yet so dont know if the prob is only because I send preamped signals to an Integrated amp, but I will try in a few days as my neighbour has a pre/power combo and not integrated.

Tnx in advance from
Espen Behrens

[Alex_UK]

No, that is not normal Espen - Stan may have an idea what the problem is (might be the Gator board is not seated in pins properly?)

[Trumpetman]

..... LOL why is it almost everything I buy has a defect of some sort :S
I have sent a pm to Stan and asked for help. I dont want to open up the dac cause of the warranty sticker.... :S not at least before I have spoken to Stan

Edit:
Im wondering if it is my amplifier,since when i forgot to turn down the volum when i disconnected the rca kables from the caiman(turned off), there came this buzzing noise when i touched the red cable but not when i touched the white cable. Both was connected to the amplifier... The buzzing noise also came from the speaker that had the louder sound in the problems that i wrote about earlier... The amplifier is a basic Phillips cd player with integrated 70w6ohm that i bought 5 years ago from a electronic consumer store, im just using it while I save money for a diy hypex/coldamp combo power amp.

[coolblue]

Any news about the new caiman seg ?

[StanleyB]

The PCB needed to be fitted completely flat, which is something that was discussed on AoS a couple of years ago. The socket on the PCB is a bit too low down in on the TC-7520 Caiman. So if the Gator PCB is not perfectly horizontal, you can get loss of sound one one or both channels.
The TC-7520 Caiman SEG should not be confused with the TC-7535 Caiman SEG.

[Covenant]

The Caiman SEG has arrived at my house and to say I am pleased is an understatement.
It looks better with the gold controls replaced in silver and it sounds superb. Got it connected up to an Anker battery. A huge amount of information retrieval and a wonderful soundstage. I think it will take pride of place in my system for a good few years.

[coolblue]

How TC-7535 Caiman SEG is different from TC-7534 Caiman MKII Gfu?

[Covenant]

A discrete buffer stage I believe. Stan will explain no doubt.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Got mine.

[maxrob200]

I would be very interested to hear about Aos members impressions about Caiman II GFU vs the new Caiman SEG in terms of sonic performance

[StanleyB]

Since this thread is about a completely different issue and the first ever version of the SEG, let's not hijack it to discuss the latest version of the SEG. So I'll start a new thread in order to avoid any confusion, or upset the OP.