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Agree to disagree, but I find the Caiman rather immune to transport.
And no, I don't find it harsh. It's a bit over-detailed like a pro equipment, to be honest. But then, almost all recent dacs I've tested have this feature. ;)
In my opinion, a source has to be detailed. If I need to "alter" the sound, it has to be done later on in the chain (at the amplifier/speaker/room level).
Hi Dimitri,Quote:
Originally Posted by Themis
I find the the Caiman has the most transparent sound I have ever heard. The only mod I have done to mine so far is go for a top quality 15v linear supply. This made the sound smoother and weightier which is what I like. A bit more "analogue" sounding if you know what I mean.
So Stan, please keep on doing what you are doing as I for one think it's brill.
Regards
Chris
The Caiman is on its way to me and I'll give that combination its chance! I am totally prepared to get some awful sound at first until it's burned in, and I will report my findings here. It will be a great investment for my K-701 in any case!Quote:
On hearing Klipsch speakers at last year's hi-fi show in London I thought they were bright speakers so partnering equipment would need to be carefully matched.
The sound won't be awful at all, except if you already find the sound of the KingRex/RF-7 unbearable. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by nightyy
I was using USB connection.
Interesting!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shanedudddy2
And were you using any special drivers like Kernel Streaming or ASIO or just regular Windows?
Hi,
At last I have got all of my set in some condition, at the same time I got Yamaha GTT-2000L with two different arms and mini hp+caiman, so lot of issues to deal with. Anyway I also have this small Corda movie3 with sennheiser 580HD and a price differences between Caiman and Corda are marginal, but sounds are different, Corda dark and more power of lower section, Caiman refined(transparent), fast perhaps more likeable, I donīt know coz it depends on your musical taste. But for me Caiman took more of everything I like. This was with Sennheiser.
Then I transfered some cds on HP 5101 hd (Karan i180, Ref 3a RV,apple lossless, usb) and straight to box it sounds too good without any burning time and I was very happy, so if it even goes better than this it is bargain. What I can say about sound, transparent, ultrafast(perhaps Karan has something to do about it?) also very nice lower and mid . A lot of detail and more analogue sounding than usually dacs are, but if I compare it in short to Yamaha gt-2000L TT with ysa-2/Clearaudio beta/ear834p that Yamaha took the first place(it sounds unbelivable good), but compare to price you pay this dac is amazing.
Ari
Finally, after the christmas days and being sick till yesterday I just have to write something about the Caiman that arrived some days ago.
My main fear was the Caiman could sound too sharp in my setup, where the Klipsch RF-7 emphasize the highs and things tend to be too brilliant sounding in the end.
All I can say now is that I am finally absolutely loving what i get from my equipment, that means my search for a DAC is over.
My impressions (comparing to TC-7510 MK VI/4) are:
- highs are less intrusive and sharp, but absolutely just there with lots of detail
- lows are a little less quantity-wise, but in comparison to the 7510, which laid a thick carpet of less precise lows, what the Caiman does is really sophisticated. (e.g. Dream Theater - Pul me under or Dvorak - New World: IV)
- Strings are beautiful and you can hear every tab. My wife listened to Sol Gabetta (Cello) for some time, the album now really came to life
- Vocals and brass wonderful (Windsbacher Knabenchor - Christmas CD)
- no fatiguing with the Caiman, in fact I now often turn around and am so intrigued that I have to listen conciously for a minute. Can listen for hours no problem with it
This was all heard using a Dell D830 (Sigmatel STAC 9205) ASIO SPDIF(coax) > Beresford Caiman DAC > Kingrex T20U+PSU > Klipsch RF-7
I did not have the time to listen to the headphone out yet, but had been keeping my K-701 plugged in and so the headphone part should be quite burned in.
Thanks a lot, Stan. Music is music again finally!
I'm resurrecting this old thread as I've just acquired a gatored caiman after agreeing a fantastic deal with Werner; an offer I couldn't turn down.
Since hooking it up to my Mac via Airport Express and an optical cable into the Caiman I have noticed the beginning of some tracks being missed. I vaguely recall reading something about this being about signal lock. However, the dac stays on, as does the mac, so what would make the signal lose lock?
I did wonder if it may be something to do with pre gap.
Lee,
just for the record: I did not place the head of a slaughtered horse in your bed, though I'm a big fan of epic Italian family histories.Quote:
Originally Posted by webby
Werner.