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That's a newbie posting an email from me to him.Originally Posted by Ali Tait
Well the silence does seem to be deafening since it appears Stan may have shot himself in the foot,seemingly posting as a newbie and answering himself!Or is it a fault with the board?
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As I though, Stan
Brian
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Back to the question. Sometimes when listening to my Squeezebox via the Caimen I think there is a pause as I engage the SB, then the slight 'click', then the Caiman sound. Am I kidding myself?
Brian
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That sounds the same "symptom" as with the CDP (via Coax) - I've not noticed it on the Soundbridge, but if it is happening then probably the same "clock locking" described above?
Alex
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Possibly. I connect the SB to the Caiman with coax. I haven't tried the toslink and I cannot remember the effect using USB, which I don't often use.
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Yep, I think we had a slight misunderstanding there!As I though, Stan
As you were, guys
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That's a relief! My humble apologies.
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My 7520 does the same thing. I think this is normal for a lot of DACs. I've seen it in one way or another in my previous DACs.
To clarify, this is what I hope everyone is talking about;
When you 1st power on your DAC (7510, 7520, Caiman etc) the time it takes for it to sync up to the digital source, mine being an airport express connected via toslink, the DAC may miss about half a second of the beginning of a song.
Thereafter, however, the DAC will sync immediately to any song you throw at it from that source.
If the DAC is powered off then you start the whole syncing process over again.
I also own the EMU-0404 USB, and in order for it to sync the first time, you have to power it on as the music is playing. Otherwise it will just sit there silently blinking at you "external clock, external clock!"
I've also read several reviews of DACs in Stereophile that experience similar behaviour.
For all case, just leave your DAC powered on.
CD
David
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Explains why I've never heard it do that-I always leave dac and cd player powered.
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Doesn't explain it for me - Caiman has never been switched off and the CD player has only been switched off once since I've had the Caiman - I'll experiment some more - but switching sources may have the same effect as powering off?
Alex
Main System: Digital: HP Laptop/M2Tech Hiface/Logitech Media Server/FLAC; Marantz SA7001 KI Signature SACD Player and other digital stuff into Gatorised Beresford Caiman DAC Vinyl: Garrard 401/SME 3009 SII Improved/Sumiko HS/Nagaoka MP-30
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