Caiman passive output mod revealed

[James G]

I keep asking but no answer

Would I be right in saying that it shortens the signal path?

Is this the one?

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showp...&postcount=450

[Puffin]

Sadly, No.

[HighFidelityGuy]

I keep asking but no answer

Would I be right in saying that it shortens the signal path?

I think this "wire mod" stuff is one of the things that's been confused by the addition of 7510 details in this thread. From what I remember Stan asked a 7510 owner why he hadn't done the wire mod, so that might not be relevant to the 7520 or Caiman. There are lots of mods for the 7510 that don't apply to the 7520 or Caiman.

There is however a wire mod for the 7520 and Caiman that shortens the path between the DAC chip and opamp board. This wouldn't really apply if you were doing the passive output mod though, as the opamps aren't in the circuit in that case. However, the opamps would still be in use for the headphone and variable output, so I guess it could be possible to apply both mods if you still wanted to use either of these outputs with the benefit of the shortened signal path.

That probably hasn't helped much but at least I tried.

[HighFidelityGuy]

Is this the one?

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showp...&postcount=450

Sadly, No.

The wire mod that James linked to is the only one for the 7520 or Caiman at this time. So you must be thinking of one for the 7510. I can't remember which DAC you have but if you have a 7510 then perhaps this is what you're after:

http://www.beresford.me/others/7510mods.html

[Puffin]

This is the one I was referring to..

http://www.beresford.me/others/7510mods.html

For the 7510

I was wondering what it did?

[HighFidelityGuy]

This is the one I was referring to..

http://www.beresford.me/others/7510mods.html

For the 7510

I was wondering what it did?

Lol, I beat you to it^^

[StanleyB]

It's absolutely correct . Have you thought of spending less time on AoS reading about mods, than to actually power up your system and listening to them? I have discovered a lot of things lately. Like the fact that one of the tunes from Gabrielle was recorded in mono. Or that one of the tracks on the Marvin Gaye Symphony album was not his voice at all.

[Puffin]

Lol, I beat you to it^^

[Puffin]

It's absolutely correct . Have you thought of spending less time on AoS reading about mods, than to actually power up your system and listening to them? I have discovered a lot of things lately. Like the fact that one of the tunes from Gabrielle was recorded in mono. Or that one of the tracks on the Marvin Gaye Symphony album was not his voice at all.

I will rush off and listen once I know what this mod is designed to do.
I am starting to lose the will to mod!

[James G]

Reality check!