Caiman passive output mod revealed

[Ali Tait]

Yes,switchable filters could be a good selling point.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

let me get this straight... if i bought a couple of the apropriate caps from jimmy at tirna... if i got a mate of mine (who is a bit less fat handed than me) to take out that active board thing, i could litterally slot the cap into the right socket the right way round and there is a good chance i would have a better dac ... for £2...?

[Tripmaster]

let me get this straight... if i bought a couple of the apropriate caps from jimmy at tirna... if i got a mate of mine (who is a bit less fat handed than me) to take out that active board thing, i could litterally slot the cap into the right socket the right way round and there is a good chance i would have a better dac ... for £2...?

Thereabouts

[The Vinyl Adventure]

do the ones from tirna have to go in a particular way round?

[The Vinyl Adventure]

as a side not Stan if it is as good as the akurate ... you are on to a fucking winner!!
if i do this, i will happily tell you how well it stands up against the majik ds-i

[drumlins4ever]

do the ones from tirna have to go in a particular way round?

Have a look here ,

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...t=6910&page=17

post number 164

[StanleyB]

let me get this straight... if i bought a couple of the apropriate caps from jimmy at tirna... if i got a mate of mine (who is a bit less fat handed than me) to take out that active board thing, i could litterally slot the cap into the right socket the right way round and there is a good chance i would have a better dac ... for £2...?

It's like stripping down the interior of your car, removing the catalytic converter, and putting on some wider tyres.
The disadvantage is that the headphone output is then dead. If you need the headphone output then there is an alternative mod shown somewhere.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

i have no interest in headphones they all sound shit to me anyway ... alternatively to give me the benefit of having a headphone out should i need one for making my ears bleed or something... how about...
taking 2 wires from the active board (where the ones jimmy atached go to) to the 2 caps then to a pair of extra outputs on the side or the back... it would mean drilling a pair of holes.... but how hard can that be.... does that make sence? would it work? and would i have complete function as well as an extra pair of passive outs?

[StanleyB]

how about...
taking 2 wires from the active board (where the ones jimmy atached go to) to the 2 caps then to a pair of extra outputs on the side or the back... it would mean drilling a pair of holes.... but how hard can that be.... does that make sence? would it work? and would i have complete function as well as an extra pair of passive outs?

If you don't use the variable output, you can convert that to a fixed passive out, and leave the other fixed output active. I can do it for you for a small fee plus return postage if you get stuck.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

My caiman is fairly mobile within the house... It's living upstairs at the mo as a pre, but downstairs it would just be a dac... So I'd like to keep as much function as possible really...