ashishkesarwani
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Its said that when you add something new to a setup then you also need to upgrade something else too in that existing chain. In my case too when I bought a new Onkyo Digital Ipod dock which led me to add another device into the chain and that is a DAC.
I had done an experiment with a loaned Beresford TC7510 DAC from one of our forum members Sumit and the difference was outstanding, this led me to buy my own DAC and I went ahead with the Beresford 7520 Caiman (Special Edition) one which set me back by another 199 Pounds. I would also like to add to the fact that it just took 4 days for the parcel to reach my door steps and it was sent through EMS Courier services. The packaging was excellent with the bubble wrap on the top of the box to protect it from any unforseen circumstances. Inside the box the DAC was well protected by the side protectors, also the adaptor which came along with it was a well made one, even through its a made in China thing. Look wise this DAC is identical to its Sibbling i.e TC 7510 but the volume control knob is of better quality, only difference between the 7510 and Caiman in look department is that the led in Caiman lights Blue whereas in 7510 it lights Green and at the back of the unit there is a USB port whereas 7510 hasn't.
I have tested this DAC by connecting it to the following Devices:
AMP: Onkyo Nr905 used in pure direct mode.
Source: Ipod 5th Generation 60 GB contains both Apple lossless format as well as AAC files, placed onto the Onkyo Digital Transport which extracts digital signal from your Ipod.
Connection: Digital Transport is connected with the DAC through the Optical Cable and from the DAC Monster standard IC were used to connect to the CD input of the AVR.
In the above test I have played apple lossless as well as AAC files on my system and they were all amplified by Onkyo 905 in Pure Audio mode.
The music played was sounding smooth with ample detailing and bass weight which was hard to find when the Digital Transport was using the DAC of the AVR rather than the External one, I could easily identify all the instruments played with excellent seperation. I have even played few of the AAC files which were transfered to Ipod after conversion from 320kbps MP3 files and here I could notice that it was sounding very well indeed which gives a hope to many users.
Since its not possible to buy all CDS and keep everything in Lossless format so anyone who has a huge collection of MP3 files could use this method of connecting an External DAC to listen to those tracks on a descent system.
The Difference which I have noticed between this and 7510 is that with the former the sound was a bit on the bright side in comparison with the Caiman, also the Bass weight was more in 7510 whereas the approach towards Bass was rather balanced one with the Caiman, this difference could be due to the fact that there are reference quality components used in Caiman.
The above test also leaves me with an option of comparing a setup like mine with a dedicated CD player in the budget of say 50K, so here I would like to ask for volunteers to bring a similar kind of CD player to do a one on one comparison test in which I would dump the same CD in digital format to the Ipod and play the same music through both the options.
I had done an experiment with a loaned Beresford TC7510 DAC from one of our forum members Sumit and the difference was outstanding, this led me to buy my own DAC and I went ahead with the Beresford 7520 Caiman (Special Edition) one which set me back by another 199 Pounds. I would also like to add to the fact that it just took 4 days for the parcel to reach my door steps and it was sent through EMS Courier services. The packaging was excellent with the bubble wrap on the top of the box to protect it from any unforseen circumstances. Inside the box the DAC was well protected by the side protectors, also the adaptor which came along with it was a well made one, even through its a made in China thing. Look wise this DAC is identical to its Sibbling i.e TC 7510 but the volume control knob is of better quality, only difference between the 7510 and Caiman in look department is that the led in Caiman lights Blue whereas in 7510 it lights Green and at the back of the unit there is a USB port whereas 7510 hasn't.
I have tested this DAC by connecting it to the following Devices:
AMP: Onkyo Nr905 used in pure direct mode.
Source: Ipod 5th Generation 60 GB contains both Apple lossless format as well as AAC files, placed onto the Onkyo Digital Transport which extracts digital signal from your Ipod.
Connection: Digital Transport is connected with the DAC through the Optical Cable and from the DAC Monster standard IC were used to connect to the CD input of the AVR.
In the above test I have played apple lossless as well as AAC files on my system and they were all amplified by Onkyo 905 in Pure Audio mode.
The music played was sounding smooth with ample detailing and bass weight which was hard to find when the Digital Transport was using the DAC of the AVR rather than the External one, I could easily identify all the instruments played with excellent seperation. I have even played few of the AAC files which were transfered to Ipod after conversion from 320kbps MP3 files and here I could notice that it was sounding very well indeed which gives a hope to many users.
Since its not possible to buy all CDS and keep everything in Lossless format so anyone who has a huge collection of MP3 files could use this method of connecting an External DAC to listen to those tracks on a descent system.
The Difference which I have noticed between this and 7510 is that with the former the sound was a bit on the bright side in comparison with the Caiman, also the Bass weight was more in 7510 whereas the approach towards Bass was rather balanced one with the Caiman, this difference could be due to the fact that there are reference quality components used in Caiman.
The above test also leaves me with an option of comparing a setup like mine with a dedicated CD player in the budget of say 50K, so here I would like to ask for volunteers to bring a similar kind of CD player to do a one on one comparison test in which I would dump the same CD in digital format to the Ipod and play the same music through both the options.
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