Before the mods in 6v I had put resistors on output signal now with the 8v mods I don't need any resistors :wink: will try to connect by I2s one day if I'm not too lazy...you can get more transparency with I2s I've heard the difference on my ES9038Q2M board

yes the difference is there is no more saturations on forte (had to put resistors on output signal before) with the cheap chinese tube output from Lampucera DAC kit it's really nice better than my previous modified Havana, Lite DAC 60 more dense, organic and engaging sound. Will upgrade the tube...

changed the regulators it's quite hot now (3,8v) but sound really nice now no more distortions

It's writen LM7808 on the board but I measured 6v :unamused: on the regulator. I have the possibility to feed by battery the direct connection is R35/R36 ? And I would like to connect in I2s I can see the tracks from the CS8414 controller one is R17 and other R12 but where go the third? (you...

I removed the pot as it was not possible to adjust the 3,3v or 3,85v (nothing happens when you turn the screw) and I measured the same 5,8v and 2,2v on the 1543 pins how is it possible?

Hi EKepa, nice to see some people playing with this vintage DAC :wink: yes I think the 18v is for opamps but you should consider the Lampizator mod http://lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/REFERENCES/AH DAC/AHDAC.html it brings this DAC to another level. I connected my tube output stage from the...

Hello, I would like to share my find for a very good but very affordable tube DAC. I was completely satisfied with my LITE DAC60 modified and improved http://www.head-fi.org/t/740362/lite-dac60-pcm1704-r2r-tubed-dac-mod-project One day the right channel of the DAC60 stopped working. After...

Yes the Russian 6N23P are also military tube and very strong. They work in my DAC60 and Project PRE BOX RS (also 2x 6N23P) On-off 2x per day since more than 1 year without any issues. With my previous mhdt Havana my NOS Bendix 2c51 broke after only 8 month. I replaced with WE 396A (very nice tube).

Hi Luckbad, the Pagoda is more close to DAC60 with the PCM1704. As former owner of the Havana (completely modified) I find the completely modified DAC60 goes further than the Havana (better bass, more air,more 3D...) but the Havana is very nice DAC.

@rb2013, I use this http://www.vicol-audio.ro/mini-reg.php it's just 5x cheaper than Belleson  it is possible that the Belleson are bit better... but it's very close from DEXA regulator .Compared to stock regulators it's night and day.

Yes the board is welded on the DAC board with 0,8mm∅ pure silver (10cm long, difficult to be more direct and beat any spdif cable!). NDK SD are nice but Crystek CCHD are better and the ultra low noise voltage regulator specially the 3,3v (clock) improve a lot as much the Crystek

Hi rb2013! some upgrade for my DAC60, cheap 50$ USB/SPDIF converter (same designer as the Breeze Audio?) with Crystek, 5v and 3,3v ultra low noise regulator, Murata da101c feed by 9v battery with PPA USB2 on battery too. The result is astounding how a 50$ board can sound so good Tested against...

0,22uf + 3,3uf it's more than the stock caps (2,7uf) but the sound is fantastic

Some nice upgrades RIKE AUDIO S-CAP with Mundorf silver-gold-oil Solid siver wire 0,8mm∅ with Eichmann Bullet clone welded on the DAC board 30$ of furniture The final result worth the works...

Very nice, I have 8,2uf silver/gold/oil on my crossover and its a very very good cap anybody tested Duelund ?

Only audiophile grade spray works with 0.1% rhodium yes its pcm1704 and I'm also intrigued by his tube rectification and 1uf vintage caps...

Nice but black version sound much better

Yes, I definitively prefer tube DAC, two of my friands have Weiss DAC with very expensive setup but frankly my DAC60 is much more "musical" and I'm sorry for her that they can't understand what is "musical" because for her my DAC is too cheap to sound good One day if I'm $$$ I would modify...

I would like to listen the much hyped YGGDRASIL DAC and it's surely a very nice DAC but the DAC60 cost me 450$ (250$ used DAC60 and 200$ parts) and for this price I'm very pleased with the result sure if I had the budget...

Maybe the same seller http://www.china-hifi-audio.com/en/lite-audio-dac-phono-stage-mm-mc-c-41/lite-dac60-hifi-audio-dac-decoder-vaccum-tube-output-black-p-1186 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lite-DAC-60-Hi-Fi-D-A-Convertor-Tube-Output-Brand-New-/321461674743?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ad89be2f7...

The DAC60 will be a significant upgrade if modded . Received my Hammond choke and now the level of sound quality is incredible for the price. I also put the best USB cable on earth and it cost 2$  it beat the 200$ USB of my friand hands down...cryogenized version was no more avalaible and wait...

I have one of them and it work very well if feed by 9v regulated battery. I ordered NDK NZ2520SD but I don't think I'm able to solder them (2x2.5mm I need microscope...) but this board is very promising TanlyAudio design  ...

I installed today the PPA AUDIO GRADE USB 3.0 PCIE CARD http://ppaproduct.blogspot.tw/2013/07/audio-grade-usb-30-pcie-card.html Very nice improvement on my ZOTAC NM10-ITX WiFi PC. The PPA USB PCIE and the SSD is feed by 5v battery it's running with Daphile but will install Vortexbox later.

I feed the Audio-GD JZ1 with that http://www.audiophonics.fr/en/linear-power-supply/audiophonics-psu-s2-power-supply-module-dc-lt1083-tamp-p-5266.html set at 19v (also for my Project Pre RS) very cheap and efficiant the Audio-GD JZ1 is equipped with a nice class A power regulator.

http://www.audiophonics.fr/en/composants-electronique-horloges/audiogd-jz1-type-horloge-faible-jitter-2457mhz-tcxo-p-6225.html the Valab need less power even your MX-U8 can feed them and feed the 5v board with battery ;-)