Caiman DAC

[Marco]

Guys,

Particularly nb2 (and anyone else involved),

Could we please leave details of financial transactions off of the main forum? If you have anything to discuss of this nature with Stan please use the PM facility. Stan, this also applies to you if you have anything to dispute with customers.

Any future discussions of this nature will be removed without further warning.

Cheers

Marco.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

So basicly u cant use the Caimens headamp without going through the dac,incidently what actually comes out of the single coaxial out on the back of my NAD cd player

Thanks again {looks like iv opened a can of worms here}

tell us the exact purpose that you bought the unit for, and we can get this thread back on to a lighter note, and give you a run down of all the other great things that stans dacs do!

[Marktdac]

Ok thanks lads it now connected through the coaxial out on my cd player ,

The main reason for buying was for use with laptop and headphones ,but a may aswell make use of the other inputs see if its better than the DAC in my cd player

Mark

[The Vinyl Adventure]

do you find it improves the sound of the cd player?
which nad amp do you have?

[Marktdac]

Its to early to tell yet besides i need another interconnect to connect back up to my amp at the moment im useing the headphone out

I always thought that the dac in the Nad C515 cd player worked well anyway

The amp is the c315

[Gazjam]

Some people say it bland to look at .I dont think so it simple and functional just like all electronic equipment should be especially HIFI

Mark

Agreed Mark. It looks great in my rack, very much like proper "old skool" Audiolab amps!



I would say to anyone out there who starts feeling grumped about anythng Standac related.....

take a second to think about any other Manufacturer who offers a product of this Quality at this price and who gives this level of service.

Pretty rare in the Industry I gotta say.

How many folks sources have suddenly became comparable to hi end CD players thanks to this Dac?


Just a thought....

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Its to early to tell yet besides i need another interconnect to connect back up to my amp at the moment im useing the headphone out

I always thought that the dac in the Nad C515 cd player worked well anyway

The amp is the c315

dont underestimate the power of the stan-dac

does your amp have the option to connect directly into the power amp?
a lot of nad amps have that option it could be interesting to see if the standac would act as a better pre amp than the pre in your nad...
of course you would loose the option to connect any analogue sources and you would have no remote control...
but the sound quality might be better!
give the dac a little while to settle down and then get fiddleing!
it really is a great bit of kit with a world of uses

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Agreed Mark. It looks great in my rack, very much like proper "old skool" Audiolab amps!



I would say to anyone out there who starts feeling grumped about anythng Standac related.....

take a second to think about any other Manufacturer who offers a product of this Quality at this price and who gives this level of service.

Pretty rare in the Industry I gotta say.

How many folks sources have suddenly became comparable to hi end CD players thanks to this Dac?


Just a thought....

and a thought well stated...
i personally think stan (and dave cawley for that matter) should be awarded some type of aos award for excelence of services provided!!

the way they choose to run thier respective companies (in my personal experience) is rare these days and should IMO be awarded, not questioned!

[Marktdac]

No theres no option to connect to a power amp ,unless u can use the tape out?

Is the tape out signal before or after the power amp side?

[The Vinyl Adventure]

No theres no option to connect to a power amp ,unless u can use the tape out?

Is the tape out signal before or after the power amp side?

the tape out is for outputting a signal from the amp at a fixed level.

what you need is a "main in" (i think thats what nad call it) it would be connected by a little u shaped metalpin to the amps "pre-out" if you had it