Caiman Mods

[here we go again]

I'd like to try the Murata reg's but as Stan said the shipping is a bit pricey. Orders over £50 get free delivery on Mouser, so if two or three (or more) other people are interested in trying these then I'd be happy to place the order and post them out. I'll order in pairs (one 7805SR-C and one 7812SR-C) and only charge the price it costs me to order them plus the postage to you, which should be cheap. If anyone is interested drop me a PM.

Dave - did you read my post? - both of them?

get to the Farnell UK web site - the +5v Murata is UK stock and is £11.85 - there are NO delivery charges with Farnell - the stock no. is 170-3410

The +12v Murata, stock no. 165-4856 is £14.27 - but it is USA stock which normally attracts a £15.95 delivery surcharge - for the remainder of January that surcharge IS BEING WAIVERED - Look at the webpage.

so for a TOTAL of less than £27 you can have both Murata regs - delivered. the +5v one will be next day, the +12v one takes 3 days-ish - mine took only 2 days - from Philadelphia!!!

FWIW - my +12v reg is now fitted to the front board along with a Ruby ZA decouple. It has made a substantial improvement again to the amount of detail that this DAC can get out of the music - the pair have probably made more difference than the +5v one did - extremely impressive.

[HighFidelityGuy]

Hi Graeme,

Thanks for the info, I must have missed where you mentioned that.
Despite the Farnell shipping surcharge being wavered Mouser is cheaper (with free delivery) as they charge less for the parts. So if I can get another one or two people to chip in we'll save money overall.

If nobody else chips in Farnell would be the cheaper option.

Cheers.

[Carson]

Hi Graeme,

Thanks for the info, I must have missed where you mentioned that.
Despite the Farnell shipping surcharge being wavered Mouser is cheaper (with free delivery) as they charge less for the parts. So if I can get another one or two people to chip in we'll save money overall.

If nobody else chips in Farnell would be the cheaper option.

Cheers.

I'm happy to join you. Do you know how much its likely to be?

[HighFidelityGuy]

Excellent, thanks James.
The reg's are £8.15 each. So £16.30 for a pair. You then just need to add postage. The packages should be bellow 100g each so this will be a couple of pounds or so depending on what postage method we go for. I'd probably prefer to use "1st class signed for" for the added traceability. So you're looking at approx £18.30.

Does that sound ok to everyone?

[Carson]

Excellent, thanks James.
The reg's are £8.15 each. So £16.30 for a pair. You then just need to add postage. The packages should be bellow 100g each so this will be a couple of pounds or so depending on what postage method we go for. I'd probably prefer to use "1st class signed for" for the added traceability. So you're looking at approx £18.30.

Does that sound ok to everyone?

That sounds fine with me.
Thanks Dave.

Im very tempted to get 2 sets given their price. 1 pair for my Caiman and one pair spare for future mods.....hmm....decisions.

[Covenant]

Excellent, thanks James.
The reg's are £8.15 each. So £16.30 for a pair. You then just need to add postage. The packages should be bellow 100g each so this will be a couple of pounds or so depending on what postage method we go for. I'd probably prefer to use "1st class signed for" for the added traceability. So you're looking at approx £18.30.

Does that sound ok to everyone?

Hi Dave,
There are at least three of us wanting the regulator/capacitor mods done to our 7520's. We have asked Tirna to read the thread so they can quote. If everything goes to plan they will need three sets so will contact you. Hope you dont mind hanging on a few days just so we can firm things up.

[HighFidelityGuy]

That's fine, I'm not in a rush. Just let me know when it's all sorted. I'll then double check with everyone how many I need to order and take it from there.

Cheers.

[smurfbrain]

Hi Dave,
Can you please count me in as well for one pair.

[apmusson]

Hi Dave,
There are at least three of us wanting the regulator/capacitor mods done to our 7520's. We have asked Tirna to read the thread so they can quote. If everything goes to plan they will need three sets so will contact you. Hope you dont mind hanging on a few days just so we can firm things up.

Jerry,

Let me know too. I'm a novice with the soldering iron and need some Tirna assistance!

Cheers

Ade

[Covenant]

Sure Ade-the more the merrier. As soon as we know more from Jimmy at Tirna we will be in touch.