[003]

A long while ago there was a thread that had a lot of great info about the Lite DAC-60 and a bunch of easy mods you could do to it. For the life of me I can't find that thread. My DAC-60 has the stage 1 sonic craft mods already but I really am interested in hearing about any other mods to this dac that people have done that I could do. So does anybody know any?

 

[audioengr]

Change the output coupling caps to 3.3uFd V-cap oils bypassed with Sonicap Platinum .22 uFd or V-cap Teflon .22 uFd. Sonicaps are a bit more extended in the highs, so if you like it smooth, use V-Caps.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio

 

[003]

Thanks Steve. Would you happen to have a picture of the area inside the DAC in question? I know next to nothing about electrical terms and technical info, I am like a blind bat following instructions exactly to a T. Which caps are the output coupling caps? I see "bypass" mentioned a lot but I am very confused as to what it means. How exactly do you solder in another cap to "bypass" another? And here is a real noob question. Why would you replace a cap that is being bypassed with a good one? Would it not be in the signal path? Or does bypass mean something totally different?

Finally, what voltage rating should I get on the caps? I assume whatever is there now or higher would work?

Thanks,
Andrew

 

[JensL]

There's some info in this thread:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...&highlight=DAC

Don't know if that'll be of any help for you though.

I got Bizkids modded DAC60, and it sounds really good. Lots of great bass.

 

[audioengr]

The coupling caps connect directly to the RCA connectors. Bypassing means to connect the caps together in parallel: both side A's connect together and both side B's connect together.

Steve N.

 

[003]

Ah so bypass means two caps are soldered where there would normally be one?