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Post by MikeMusic on May 23, 2016 14:17:28 GMT
I don't rate my soldering good enough to risk my Caiman  |
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Post by stanleyb on May 23, 2016 14:51:59 GMT
I don't rate my soldering good enough to risk my Caiman Jump in that 9-5 of yours and pop by. You can then also get to see my one-off GM9-3  . |
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Post by MikeMusic on May 23, 2016 15:58:38 GMT
I have a mere 9000 !
It's the boss that has the 9-5
Where abouts are you ?
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Post by stanleyb on May 23, 2016 20:29:43 GMT
email sent with location and parking directions.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 24, 2016 5:49:09 GMT
That may have been to my old work email.
PM sent back
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 7, 2016 15:14:10 GMT
Many thanks to Stan for making the Caiman mods for me.
Very nice uplift in sound quality.
This is a must have upgrade for all Caiman users at a very low price with all it delivers.
For the soldering challenged like me... find someone who can do it for you and get it done asap
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Post by MartinT on Jun 7, 2016 20:15:43 GMT
Yes, I've been exceedingly happy with the Caiman-II since performing the upgrades.
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 22, 2016 10:03:00 GMT
I have pulled the firmware chips from my website. Too many people are not receiving the parcels sent abroad. So it is a waste of time and money for me to continue to send them out abroad.
Forum members living abroad who still want one desperately should PM me. I would have to send it via signed for post. That's a bit of an overkill to have to pay £10 or so at the post office, but I don't know of any other way to reduce the chances of the item not arriving.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 22, 2016 14:22:44 GMT
What a pain.
I've heard Italy can be bad. How many other countries ?
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Post by stanleyb on Jun 22, 2016 17:18:54 GMT
It is not country specific. I have sent the chip as far away as Brazil, and it got there. But I can't get it to reach simple places on the continent. It's the follow up emails with sarcastic remarks that decided it for me.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 22, 2016 17:32:24 GMT
When I ran my company I always played safe sending print.
Few months ago we posted a very small job to London.
Posted with Royal Mail, Signed for - and lost
We had to do it again and shipped with an overnight
Go for safety
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Post by MartinT on Jun 22, 2016 19:15:02 GMT
I've heard Italy can be bad. How many other countries ? Russian and Chinese parents rarely receive anything we post. We have to use e-mail for everything, which is surprisingly successful. British parents moan if they don't receive everything in a nice glossy card folder. |
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Post by manhattan24 on Aug 30, 2016 23:27:21 GMT
Hi, I have just bought a Caiman MK II but am having an issue that someone might be able to help me with. Whenever I play a 24 bit FLAC file at 192khz the sound completely screws up, but anything below that seems to play fine. I am running Windows 10 plugged into the DAC with an optical cable using Foobar as the audio player with the output set to WASAPI (event) and the output data format at 24-bit. I am aware that Windows does not support files above 96khz but thought that the DAC had a driver built into the firmware to resolve the problem. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
Thanks.
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Post by ChrisB on Aug 30, 2016 23:33:35 GMT
Hi, and a very warm welcome to The Audio Standard.
I am afraid I can't begin to answer your question, but I can ask one back to hopefully help inform folks who can help (Stan Beresford may well drop by to offer support for example).
When you say "the sound completely screws up", what exactly do you mean by that?
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Post by manhattan24 on Aug 31, 2016 2:02:48 GMT
Thanks.
The screwed up sound I would describe as sounding distant, warbling, cutting out and choppy and very fuzzy, when no music is playing it sounds like a vinyl record, but as soon as I switch to a file with a lower khz it clears up straight away. I did actually get a message from Stan about it which was to make sure that the Foobar output was set to pull so it bypasses the Windows mixer. Unfortunately in the list there is either push or event, so I opted for event. I am pretty sure it is an issue with Windows 10, but hopefully someone might have a solution.
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Post by manhattan24 on Sept 1, 2016 21:41:48 GMT
Not sure I am going to be able to sort my issue, but getting 24 bit 96khz will certainly be good enough for my ears. I am wondering if the issue might stem from using an optical cable going into the DAC.
On a side note, what are peoples opinions on the volume control on these, would there be any sonic benefits from getting a passive pre-amp such as the Tisbury Mini Passive Pre-Amp?
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 1, 2016 23:20:00 GMT
Many people including Stan, I think, prefer the optical method. As for the volume control, I don't think it's anything other than a passive pot itself, is it?
I am surprised that no-one has made any suggestions about your main problem by now.
Any ideas folks?
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Post by manhattan24 on Sept 2, 2016 3:06:19 GMT
In regards to the volume I read on a forum someone who said the following about the DAC - "One word of warning if you intend to use the DAC, Beresfords although capable budget DACs are about as lousy attenuators as I've ever heard, flat and sucking of any life from the music. Literally every other options I tried was leagues ahead including a 15 year old AVR in direct mode via preouts, do yourself a favour and either get a DAC with well implemented volume or use the DAC as a DAC and get something else to control volume." Hence me wondering if the sound could be improved upon, or the person on the forum had got it wrong.
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Post by Greg on Sept 2, 2016 8:50:44 GMT
In regards to the volume I read on a forum someone who said the following about the DAC - "One word of warning if you intend to use the DAC, Beresfords although capable budget DACs are about as lousy attenuators as I've ever heard, flat and sucking of any life from the music. Literally every other options I tried was leagues ahead including a 15 year old AVR in direct mode via preouts, do yourself a favour and either get a DAC with well implemented volume or use the DAC as a DAC and get something else to control volume." Hence me wondering if the sound could be improved upon, or the person on the forum had got it wrong. That is the biggest load of rubbish I have ever read regarding any Beresford dac and should be regarded as total BS. I use my Beresford Caiman II GFU as a dac from my RPi HiFiBerry + both as dac and Pre amp. It is great using with the pot to control volume although it sounds marginally better in fixed mode (pot isolated) with volume controlled by the output dB bar that comes with Roon (operating system). |
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Post by Clive on Sept 2, 2016 9:20:16 GMT
In regards to the volume I read on a forum someone who said the following about the DAC - "One word of warning if you intend to use the DAC, Beresfords although capable budget DACs are about as lousy attenuators as I've ever heard, flat and sucking of any life from the music. Literally every other options I tried was leagues ahead including a 15 year old AVR in direct mode via preouts, do yourself a favour and either get a DAC with well implemented volume or use the DAC as a DAC and get something else to control volume." Hence me wondering if the sound could be improved upon, or the person on the forum had got it wrong. Assuming you are comparing passive pres with the Caiman volume control then it sounds like your setup is in some way unfriendly to some passives (ie a very low impedance power amp or unusual interconnects). It's unlikely there's an inherent issue with the DAC and its pot. Much will depend of the value of the pot being employed and the load it sees. There isn't a universal single right answer where passives are concerned though DACs can usually drive most amps via a passive pre, your result is still surprising so I question what's upstream. |
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