Mod your Caiman

[DaveK]

Hi Clive ,,
lets move on , or mabye better I find another forum don't want to cause any hassles it's not my nature.
Hi Johnboy,
No need to pick up your bat and ball and go home - nobody's accusing you of doing/saying anything derogatory - it's just that what may be common parlance in Italy ain't always so in UK these days. Our only interest is to avoid any criticism about sanctioning what some may perceive as racism on the forum. It could have severe consequences in this day and age for the forum, that's all. Stick around and enjoy yourself, it's a great place.

Ps I think Stans Caiman dac is number 1 that was the reason of my first post. So do most of us - Stan is definitely the man as far as many of this forum are concerned, and he's a nice guy to boot, not that I know anybody who's booted him .


Bye surely not - I thought Aussies (even Italian ones ) could take it as well as hand it out ?
John

Cheers,

[ZebuTheOxen]

In my quest for getting better sound out of my K701s, I have reverted temporarily to 5532 in the line socket, 4562 in the HA socket.
Reponse is better across the range, but I can definitely tell I'm missing some details.

I've got a few more opamps lined up, we'll see how they go

Edit: I've popped the 4562 back into the line, I dropped the source volume and cranked up the Caiman itself. This produced a more desirable sound, but it still struggles to feed the headphones at points.

[NRG]

I've now tried this mod with 18K/27K/33K and I don't like it! The bass became just too 'Phat' and rounded...it lost the articulation of the standard setup and I found the midrange lost a touch of clarity. Going back to standard was a relief! Maybe its because I use a 300B PP amp that has v.good low down grunt and a clean detailed but rich mid that this mod did not work for me....maybe its also the reason I don't get on with the 2132...anyhow its fun and I await Stans new PSU with anticipation....

[Marco]

Hi Clive ,,

I would like to ask anyone in the UK after seening the film of the The wog boy , if they had many laughs , in this film they refer to greek guy's but it's the same for Italian's. I had lived in Australia for 20 years I was born in Queensland , today it's not a racist word , also in the 80s on TV in Australia
every week a comedy show called Kingswood country and they said wog min 30times in half an hour, Sorry I don't have the feel of how it's in the UK , but the BBC has passed these shows in the UK,

lets move on , or mabye better I find another forum don't want to cause any hassles it's not my nature ,

Ps I think Stans Caiman dac is number 1 that was the reason of my first post,,

Guys,

Before we get any more deeply-entrenched in our respective cultural differences, and the ensuing misunderstandings this has caused, I think we should all draw a line under this episode and move on.

John, I know you didn't mean to cause offence (this is obvious), however, you must appreciate that the word "wog", used in any context, is inappropriate in the UK and also on this forum, therefore I'm sure I can rely on your discretion not to refer to it again in future.

Anyway, don't worry, everything is fine here so I'm sure you'll be back again soon!

Ciao,
Marco.

[Peter Galbavy]

OK, not a sound quality mod question but one of power.

I have chosen to use a master/slave power block with the pre-amp being the master. The only unit not to auto power on is the Caiman.

Stan, or anyone, is there any way to mod the unit to auto power on ?

If so, the next step is to select the "default" input too ?

[HighFidelityGuy]

OK, not a sound quality mod question but one of power.

I have chosen to use a master/slave power block with the pre-amp being the master. The only unit not to auto power on is the Caiman.

Stan, or anyone, is there any way to mod the unit to auto power on ?

If so, the next step is to select the "default" input too ?

You beat me to it Peter, I was going to ask the same questions today.
It would be nice if we could make the Caiman or standard 7520 turn on automatically when power was applied and select the default input. On the subject of selecting the default input; it would be good if the mod included a switch or something to allow any of the inputs to be set as default at any time, that way if people swap from using coax to optical (for example) as their main input they wouldn't have to break out the soldering iron again to do the mod for a 2nd time.

Is this possible to achieve Stan?

[StanleyB]

Anything is possible, but mods like that are personal requirements and therefore left to the specialist to implement and put a price on accordingly for the work done.

To give an idea: someone wanted two opticla inputs instead of one optical and one USB. I quoted £100 for the mod, but that was considered too high. Exactly how much does two hours of mod and testing cost? A fiver? That's less than the minimum wage limit.

[DaveK]

Hi Guys,
Correct me if I'm wrong but have I not read on this forum: -
1) constant on/off cycling of electronic components is not good for their longevity, and ......
2) StanDACs draw so little power and run relatively coolly that they can be left on permanently without the need to build another power station.

That being the case (if undeed it is), the need to auto-power the StanDAC disappears, doesn't it?
Cheers,

[Peter Galbavy]

In general I agree and I am not an eco greewash freak (it's 80% b****** IMHO) but I like having one button and I don't like leaving most electrics on when the house is empty ... just in case

If modern electronics can't cope with being turned on and off regularly then there is a real problem anyway. I can understand old fogey technology like valves, but...

[chrism]

Apparantly, switching on and off speeds up burn in time as the capacitor's charge up then dissipate. On this basis it probably shortens the useful life span as well (I suspect).

I leave the Squeezebox and DAC on all the time but switch off my power amp and computer.

Regards

Chris