Has anyone settled on any of the sound options with the Caiman seg using various sources?
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Caiman Seg Sound Options.
Has anyone settled on any of the sound options with the Caiman seg using various sources?
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3 for me after a long burn in
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I'm Lee.
3 for me too
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I think you need to be specific which EPROM your SEG is using. I am guessing that the profiles differ somewhat in the latest EPROM.
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Last edited by Sherwood; 03-03-2019 at 10:48.
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I think it may depend on your source. With my Allo DigiOne I find the 1 setting the best (setting 3 was too bright). With a HiFiBerry Digi+ setting 3 was best
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Don’t forget you need to change them for each input too,I thought my cca/Spotify was ok,not bad,then I realised the setting was specific to the input not the whole dac,changed to setting 3 and am absolutely blown away by just how good Spotify is through this (latest firmware and clock and supercap)
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I completely forgot about these since buying my RPI with HiFiBerry Digi+, I did originally try them bu could not decide which I preferred. I have used my Caiman SEG quite a lot now so should be quite stable by now.Originally Posted by Alp
I have just tried setting 3 with the coax from the Digi+ and I think this sounds the best for me. My Meridian 508 CD is feeding the optical on the Digi+, later when I play a CD I will try all 3 and see which works best. I'm not sure but think I am the latest EPROM, or was in November last year.
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In relpy to Sherwood, it is the latest Caiman, with the latest firmware, and powered by The Dorado
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Good tip. I had always done my comparison with flac files streamed from my NAS. Both Radio Paradise and Spotify sound better with 3.
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Alastair
RPI4/PI2AES running PiCorePlayer/LMS-> AQ Carbon AES -> Topping D90 DAC-> Khozomo Passive Pre-Amp -> 4x Temple Audio Monoblocks powered by 2xLiFePO batteries->Van Damme Black Bi-Wired to B&W 804 Nautilus and Sommer Carbokab 225 Interconnects
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Latest firmware on my SEG as well
Amp Rega Elex-R
CDP Denon DCD 520
Tuner Teac T-R650 Dab/FM
Music Player Pioneer N30 Network Player
DAC Rega Dac-R
Speakers Q Acoustic Concept 40s
Speaker Cable Current is Rega FSC Quattro , Fisual S-Flex Studio 2.5mm / Ortofon SPK 100
Interconnects Van Damme Silver Plated OFC Pro Classic XKE CDP/Tuner & Solid Silver Cyro 99.99% Pure, Dac To Amp
Headphones AKG K550 mk3
SUB BK XLS 200
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