Hi
I have the TC-7520SE Caiman, no upgrades, I bought this last year from StanB.
I am looking at upgrading this cracker of a DAC (not buy a new unit).. so anyone know what I can do to this? bearing in mind I am not an electrical engineer
ta
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upgrade route for TC-7520SE Caiman
Hi
I have the TC-7520SE Caiman, no upgrades, I bought this last year from StanB.
I am looking at upgrading this cracker of a DAC (not buy a new unit).. so anyone know what I can do to this? bearing in mind I am not an electrical engineer
ta
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Going off the last time I heard it I personally wouldn't do anything with it and perhaps try adding a V-Link or hi-face into the equation instead. It seemed quite happy with my V-link II if I recall. I was initially skeptical about converters but it took my laptop audio to the next level.
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I will speak to you about this tomorrowOriginally Posted by RichB
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Can always go for the Gator board Graham if its not in there already.
Swapping out the opamps can make a worthwhile improvement too.
Can recommend a few if you want to go down that road.
Lists of threads on here from a while back with recommended mods for your StanDac.
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Go for the Gator upgrade, I believe Stan has a new batch due to the current revival of the Caiman. An absolute no-brainer and can be apllied by anyone that owns a screwdriver.
In addition try a linear Mark Grant psu and/or the cheap S/Booster. You can find its reviews in this forum.
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I've contacted Stan and he's awaiting a few of these coming in, so am on the list.
cheers for the replies also.
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Feel like doing more to your Standac? Have a chat with Jimmy at Tirna:
http://www.tirnaelectronics.co.uk/#
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Definitely recommend the Gator - works fantastically with the Brio-R and has a good headphone amp as a bonus over the passive output mod - I tried a few sets of caps on this mod, but the Gator just gave that bit more "oomph" to the sound.
Alex
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well other than that and a tacima mains conditioner ordered today, that's it this year for upgrades anyhoo.
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Nice one Graeme - sit back and enjoy the music - it's what it's all about!
Alex
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