Caiman PSU

[Gazjam]

Asda:
Snappygum:
3 for a tenner.


As good as any wine up to £20 a botle.
(I've A/B tested it - Hic)

Seriously a great wine.

Alex, thanks for your PM the other Day, business as usual for me mate.

[Alex_UK]

Asda:
Snappygum:
3 for a tenner.

As good as any wine up to £20 a botle.
(I've A/B tested it - Hic)

Several times, I hope! ...

Alex, thanks for your PM the other Day, business as usual for me mate.

Cool, good to hear. (Those of us who's lives have "just begun" have got to stick together! )

[Covenant]

Asda:
Snappygum:
3 for a tenner.


As good as any wine up to £20 a botle.
(I've A/B tested it - Hic)

Seriously a great wine.

Wow-thanks for the tip Gaz, I will give that a try.

[huric9]

Stan

I just ordered a Caiman last Thursday and it will probably be delivered today. Would this include the new PSU?

Sincerely

Rodney

[StanleyB]

I just ordered a Caiman last Thursday and it will probably be delivered today. Would this include the new PSU?

It depends on the invoiced amount and what it said on the ordering page when you ordered. Have a look at your Paypal payment details, since that will clearly state which power supply you paid for.

[huric9]

Stan,

Its says this:

Special Edition DAC
Item Number TC-7520SE Caiman , Caiman Power Supply: UK 3-pin plug


Best regards,

Rodney

[StanleyB]

OK, that's sorted then.

[Labarum]

Stan


I have just read your webpage on the Caiman power supply

You say

"The Caiman power supply delivers an additinonal (sic) 3Volts Peak to Peak of supply headrooom."

Why do you quote a peak to peak value? Isn't that a bit like those amplifier manufacturers quoting "music" or "peak" power for their amps?

I guess the Caiman supply has an output about 1v RMS higher that the one you first supplied.

Peak to Peak is just technobabble to the non-technical and makes the techies smile at the claim.

I'm sure the product is better served by a more straightforward text.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplitude

[HighFidelityGuy]

My Caiman PSU arrived a few minutes ago.
I'm looking forward to trying it out on my Caiman when I get home.
Until then I'll try to run it in a bit on my standard (lightly modded) 7520 that I now use with some iGrado's at work.

On the subject of voltage, I've just compared both PSU's on a shiny new Fluke true RMS multimeter. The old PSU measured 12.07V and the new PSU 15.57V. So I'm seeing a 3.5V increase. I'm no electronics expert but I think RMS figures are only really stated for AC signals as they are a waveform. As DC is just a potential difference it's measured as peak to peak as you've just got fixed 0V and 15.57V lines. Perhaps someone with more knowledge on the subject could comment on this.

[Alex_UK]

My Caiman PSU duly arrived this morning and installed for about 3 hours, so well warmed up. Now got the house to myself, so will give it a good thrash, but initial feeling is there is definitely an increase in bass weight - and generally just more of everything - an already ace product subtly improved and refined - thanks again Stan. (We'll see if the silver plated Figure 8 lead I've ordered makes any more difference when that arrives )