The TC-7535 Caiman SEG at a glance.

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Originally Posted by StanleyB

Hi Mark, it is between 50 to 100mA.

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Thanks, that is really low power consumption :)

Well after several hours of "burn in" all the previously noted superlatives have gotten better and at the risk of questionable vocabulary it has kick ass bass!


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Here's a peculiar things. I have Mark Grant Oyaide FTVS-510 pure silver stereo cable fitted with WBT 0110 Ag IC's and also the Co-Ax version. Great I thought I'll plonk both of these in the back of the SEG and get ultimate bliss. NO-NO. I seen to be getting better results with my Nordost Valhalla IC's and the top Mark Grant Co-Ax cable. :scratch:

Thinking about one of these to use with my Pi instead of the IQAudio DAC, what you think?

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Originally Posted by mikeyb

Thinking about one of these to use with my Pi instead of the IQAudio DAC, what you think?

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You get a 30 day return if your not happy. So you have nothing to loose, check with Stan though.

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Originally Posted by mikeyb

Thinking about one of these to use with my Pi instead of the IQAudio DAC, what you think?

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It depends what you intend to use a DAC for. If it is just general music listening then the IQ Audio DAC would be just fine I reckon. But if you are looking at more refined listening with the aim of getting as much as possible out of not just your music, but also your amp and speakers, then the SEG would be a major step upwards. The good thing about a musical DAC like like the Caiman SEG is that it is not so much system dependent, unlike many other DACs.

Hi Stan,

Couldn't find further specs on your webpage maybe you let me/us know a bit more about the inputs/outputs.

From the pic in this thread and your page I assume the SEG has 1x Spdif, 2x Toslink and 1x USB.
In addition I assume the SEG is single ended out (no balanced), or?
And which DAC IC have you used and what are the bit-/sample rates for each of the inputs?

Thanks in advance.

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Originally Posted by marflao

Hi Stan,

Couldn't find further specs on your webpage maybe you let me/us know a bit more about the inputs/outputs.

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They are on my site. The inputs are: 2 x TOSLINK, 1 x coax, 1 x USB. You can play music with a bitrate of up to 32 bits, and a sample rate of up to 192kHz. Only PCM. No DSD.

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Originally Posted by StanleyB

They are on my site. The inputs are: 2 x TOSLINK, 1 x coax, 1 x USB. You can play music with a bitrate of up to 32 bits, and a sample rate of up to 192kHz. Only PCM. No DSD.

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Thanks Stan.
My bad..found the specs on the site.

Will my HD-Plex Linear PSU run the SEG ok, it outputs 12v on one of the connections?

I'm hoping this would be fine and that it would be an improvement on a basic wallwart.