Any Digital Impressions of the Caiman yet?

[Themis]

That because u have it permenantly connected to the mains

Ah ok. It's normal, then. There too many thinks that need permanent connection to the mains (networked), that I only unplug them once a year...

[jonesi]

Stan, I notice that the Caimans are out of stock. Do you know when they will be available again?

Also do you have a release date for the USB cable you mention on the web-site?

[StanleyB]

The Caiman should be back in stock tomorrow. Mind you, there are people ordering it somehow even though I removed the ordering page.

The USB cable is a few months away.

[steveinspain]

..and how long till the next batch of new PSU's become available Stan ?
I do have a friend visiting in a couple of weeks if you have one spare, and my mate could be my courier....

[StanleyB]

The Caiman DAC and power supply are to be offered as a combined unit, or with the TC-7520. That is separate from the 50 pieces of Caiman power supplies I put aside for AoS members to acquire at cost plus shipping.
I won't know the final price till I see the Customs documents.

[steveinspain]

PM sent, but could I send you a payment to cover the cost of a Caiman, power supply and an interconnect with some extra so that you could dispatch one to me and then refund the difference when you know the final cost of the PSU ?

Can you tell I am keen to be owning one ???

[StanleyB]

PM sent, but could I send you a payment to cover the cost of a Caiman, power supply and an interconnect with some extra so that you could dispatch one to me and then refund the difference when you know the final cost of the PSU ?

No can do I am afraid. Each Caiman owner has had to hedge their bet and snap up one as soon as it appeared in stock on my site. It would be unfair on past and future buyers if I sanctioned queue jumping.

[sum1]

The Caiman is fully cooked at about 200 hours so leave it running with music playing all day and all night for a couple of weeks. Connect the headphones and the amp and make sure the amp selector is set at 'Caiman' (but the amp can be switched off as the signal will still flow through the volume control pot).

Yeah i'm trying to do that by connecting it to my Sattelite box but i'm only connecting a headphone to the built in amp instead of connecting the rca outs as well since its quite a distance from the TV area to the stereo amp. Just gotta make sure it doesnt tune to an AC3 channel otherwise you get that blaring noise
Oh well i shall wait and see if things will improve with burn-in (fingers crossed )

[Themis]

... my impression is that its smooth but its sort of too smooth that somehow sounded slow and veiled. Currently the Nad C542 cd player is still beating it which i found quite surprising. ...

Is it the Nad, the drive that is feeding the Caiman ?
If so, how are the connected together ? Optical, coaxial ?

[sum1]

Is it the Nad, the drive that is feeding the Caiman ?
If so, how are the connected together ? Optical, coaxial ?

Yep, the NAD is feeding the Caiman. I used the Beresford XQ Toslink as the digital interconnect. I know Coax is supposed to be superior than Toslink but currently i dont have any coax spdif cable unless i'll probably try some of my analoque interconnect cable for it.