People - I can't stress this enough... Remove the residue post soldering. This could form virtual solder bridges between components. I had a situation where I replaced caps and resistors in a preamp. A lot of them. This was an all-cap all-resistor rebuild on a 30+ year old preamp. All was...

@b0bb Thanks much for your input! Hopefully these are the last questions before I get into modding my board. I have parts on the way from Mouser and will be placing an order for the caps from Parts Connexion as you suggest. So regardless of the version of board I have compared to yours - is...

@b0bb - Thanks much for the info. I did see that you used the wet tantalums for section 3 of your mods which you did and described as incredible Bass slam. Each wet tantalum is $50 at mouser, but I will go with this upgrade after I do the first few upgrades in sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7...

B0bb - Thanks much for the j fo. I did see that you used the wet tantalums for section 3 of your mods which you did and described as incredible Bass slam. Each wet tantalum is $50 at muser, but I will go with this upgrade after I do the first few upgrades in sections 2, 5 and 7. Thanks...

@b0bb and @Xoverman - Would you recommend all these mods as well for later versions of the LKS board - based on the board I have ? Are there any changes need to be made to the mods based on the board with what I have when compared to the Gen 1 boards that B0bb did his modifications on ...

@b0bb and @Xoverman My board layout is different from B0bbs which I've been following his mods. I may have a second generation LKS board compared to what you have. I am interested in adding the 100uf 10v yellow caps you added to my board and replace my blue caps with the wima red caps you have...

Is there a comprehensive list of the mods that proved to be successful that has been done so far to this DAC ? Perhaps the list can be broken down section-by-section which would explain which set of mods upgrade or impact what part of the DAC, IE: Power Supply, USB, 9038 chips, etc. Thanks.

I have not followed this thread for a while but I am getting back interested into the mod history of the LKS DAC. Not sure if you modded your LKS, but if you did and are happy with the results, why sell this DAC since it has a near 300 thread interest and assuming you are pleased with the...

Is there any chance that anyone is using heatsinks on the transistors ? I heard those can get hot too.

Yes, I've been careful not to install the op-amps backwards. But it just does not want to output anything with the Bursons installed. I also read about people having issues with the V5 opamps. Maybe I will just have to return the Burson OpAmps for a refund. Yeah, the H10 does sound great !!!

Hello all. I just acquired a Gustard H10 Headphone Amp. It sounds fantastic. To get the most out of it - I purchased the Burson V6 Classic Opamps. When the V6 Opamps are in place, I get no sound output. The LEDs light up. However, when I turn up the volume from the Gustard, the LEDs dim...

Is this unot still for sale?

You are being modest. I heard the leakage from down the block.

Is this still for sale?

This board has been very active since Christmas. I may want to make some of these improvements to the main board on my LKS. How can I tell what version my board is ? There are no markings on the top side of the board.