Or more transparent system and cables

Sure you can. However if you already got Audyn TC on output I would try more neutral caps elsewhere too avoid a too typical result but Audyn TC are great ones so you would not be wrong anyway.

Thanks for this info Horace. Nothing new for the moment with me, I'm changing my cables with more high-end ones and will change my usb/spdif converter too because it seems those 2 elements were the reason of my sound "problems". With cables I tried I noticed an improved presence and richness in...

Then it's not burnt in enough at all indeed  . More seriously my Rike-s "just" has 150 hours but the problem I mentioned in my previous message is something I hear for a long time, it seems to be the moment to try to resolve it. I contacted my retailer, hope it will help.   However tonal...

Regarding which points precisely ?

Yes dynamics are great indeed, I guess feeling I was talking about comes from a combination of both factors.   I really like natural and musicality of this cap, as I said despite tons of details my feeling is that I listen to music in a natural way and less a hifi system. My initial...

Congrats must be outstanding with Cast on output ! :) About Rike S caps (on c11 only) : after some burning in my initial impressions partly disapeard and emotion is here. I'm not 100% convinced, mainly because it doesn't perfectly fit with the rest of my system, but what blow me away is I don't...

Nice stuff 10uf Rike Uf caps are huge.... a lot of fun coming.  Rike S cap and Audyn TC are on my mind a very interesting combination while these caps are so complementaries. At least on the paper, I didn't have the opportunity to test but looks attractive !

Ok thanks for confirmation Robert so the only solution is to "unplug" speakers.

Hello all,   if I try to burn in caps without playing music but the dac turned on only, does it burn caps as well or do I have to turn all the system on and play music in the same time ?   I have a doubt.

I had a look at my dac just now, it was almost unmounted so I mounted it back in its case and it works... I don't try to understand

Happy new year to all full of music and discoveries !   My havana is muted : I soldered back vcap cutf on c12 but the dac doesn't initialize anymore. Havana appears on my computer and smartphone but diodes stay blue and red instead of turning green as usual. And of course no sound. When I...

I planned to let Rike s-cap burn in a while anyway to see how it improves but I doubt it can reach the richness and impact I expect. Answer in a few days !   I swapped Vcap Cutf on c12 this evening with Jupiter HT (and rike on c11 so), but no miracle. I find back the medium I love so much with...

I listened to Rike S caps on c11, 25 hours of burning in only. Kimchee and Ioserica described them well (although I don't really hear harshness for the moment) but here are additional feelings.   One of the main improvements regards transparency : I hear many things I didn't suspect before...

What comes to mind quickly would be to put good & neutral caps on output (main modification according to me), input (c9-c10) and c12. This will improve your dac in many ways. To get the warm touch you can put a Audyn True Copper cap on c11 (or jupiter ht beeswax). I suggest you to change also 6...

Thanks for your answer. If I go for a duelund it will be a VSF and not CAST (too expensive for just a try, too big). However T Gee suggests they're a bit rolled off on highs, a pity.   I like Interteknik TC a lot in fact, they are extremely pleasant to listen too, lively, sensual, with a...

Hi all ,   would you recommend Rike S-cap on c11 ? I have an Interteknik True Copper for the time being, of wich I'm 95% satisfied. I love her welcoming sound, beautiful medium full of presence and sensuality. Lot of pleasure when listening to music. However it may be a bit round and I...

  Good rca plugs cost at least 25 euros, you will get more improvements buying a good cap for the same price for c11 or c12 for example

This one will fit perfectly : http://www.ebay.com/itm/115V-230V-30W-high-quality-Audio-R-Core-Transformer-15V-15V-9V-9V-/130708821508?pt=US_Amplifier_Parts_Components&hash=item1e6eda5604.   However this is the more difficult change on havana. Don't know if you already did it but it should be...

I'm listening to my previous amp for 2 days, primare I30, and now havana is highly upgraded I clearly understand I hear limitations of my current amp. Even if it's better than Primare, more natural, precise, real with great timbers air and so on, it brings dryness sometimes and a kind of dark...

My impressions about cutf on input & c12 : I listened to them 5 mns only just after the change and I didn't hear much, it was a bit like before but not surprising it was the same on output.   I let it burn a while and made a new listening after 24 hours and then I immediately heard back a part...

After several listenings here what I can say about Audyn True copper : what struck me above all is they are rich, with strong bass and a capacity to immerse yourself into the music.   More in details I'd say mids are dense full of mateer and body, extremes are extended but well controlled...

  Woo thanks for your advice these caps are killers ! I put them in two hours ago I found back mateer/body in the music I was missing as well as space feeling. Piano and voices are really great. If they improve (still more air and trebles) with burning in they have a huge potential. Just a bit...

Must be really great, stop make me dreaming !...   How are bad recordings however, can you still listen to them with pleasure ? I mean music's must be incredible on good recordings but are all these improvements also ok to listen to common ones ? For example with mundorf sgo it was hardly...

  Very nice  !  But no way iput them inside my havana when I'm already lacking of room Inside ;)   If i'd know i would have ordered a 0.22uf audyn AND a Rike-S to compare    Edit : By the way : I listened to my dac 30 mns this evening, after 30 hours or so of burning in Jupiter VT sounds...