Any Digital Impressions of the Caiman yet?

[Labarum]

I hate when critics talk about "system-matching" when they review dacs.

It's absurd, I don't even dare to imagine what they're talking about...

It's the "damning with faint praise" aspect of the review, Themis. It's a budget product so only match it to other budget products.

They cannot unequivocally recommend a Standac because it's from a small firm that will not pay them to advertise; and they must reserve their best words for top price goods from companies that do pay them to advertise.

(Labarum is always a cynic)

Neverthless, Stan, it's an excellent review of a fine product.

[Themis]

Still, they claim "fitting into a price- and tonally-appropriate system..."
I understand the "Price-" stuff : they want to keep some illusions still alive.
... but the "tonally-appropriate" what the heck can it be ?

[Labarum]

Themis, we don''t have tone controls any more. We just chose cables with the right capacitance and inductance to manage the EQ.

(Said I was a cynic!)

Tonally appropriate?

[leo]

Neverthless, Stan, it's an excellent review of a fine product.

Agreed!

It maybe budget priced but I think most would agree that it would take something over three times its retail price to better it, some then may feel the performance boost would not be worth the expense.

[Themis]

Themis, we don''t have tone controls any more. We just chose cables with the right capacitance and inductance to manage the EQ.

(Said I was a cynic!)

Tonally appropriate?

(no, I won't comment further ! )

[Terry]

Nice One !!! I got mine about four weeks ago and am very pleased with it.
I use it via USB to my laptop and into a valve amp. Just need to workout how to stream (maybe via a squuebox) without the computor being powered on.

[steveinspain]

Terry - A total beginner here, but it seems that the squeezebox touch might be the thing, as it works with a USB hard drive, so no need for the pc to be on, just a hard drive in a caddy from what I understand..
Not yet available, but plenty of chat about them on the internet...

[Themis]

Terry - A total beginner here, but it seems that the squeezebox touch might be the thing, as it works with a USB hard drive, so no need for the pc to be on, just a hard drive in a caddy from what I understand..
Not yet available, but plenty of chat about them on the internet...

True.

[MartinT]

I hate when critics talk about "system-matching" when they review dacs

Why? A hi-fi system is essentially synergistic and relies on all its components gelling together. Why exclude the DAC?

[Terry]

Terry - A total beginner here, but it seems that the squeezebox touch might be the thing, as it works with a USB hard drive, so no need for the pc to be on, just a hard drive in a caddy from what I understand..
Not yet available, but plenty of chat about them on the internet...

Great info there Steve - Thanks a lot !! This seems to be exatcly what i have been waiting for. Will be seeking more info on this one.