OK, first off, I am not interested in modding these Teradak/Valab DAC's for anyone else, so please don't ask. I also don't have the time to answer "what parts where" questions, so please don't ask those either, reference this thread and one should be able to glean all the knowledge one wishes from it.
In the interest of full disclosure--I don't sell most of the below parts and have no vested interest in the Teradak, in fact, I declined the opportunity to distribute them here in the US. I do not think they are the "greatest thing since sliced bread" either. I do, however, think they are a good value. The BEST value under $500, probably not, but quite good.
This is an interesting thread, so I thought I'd throw a few different part choices in the mix to add to the collective knowledge.
I have reworked two of these DAC's now, a late 2008 Valab model and a 2009 Teradak model and have found these parts/mods to really work well.
Cryo the thing!
OSCON 1000u reservoir caps (3)
OSCON 47u bypass caps (18)
22u Black Gate output caps (2) 2008 model
10u Mundorf film output caps (2) 2009 model
.001u Sonic Cap bypass (4)
.01u Vishay MKP 1837 bypass (6)
350ohm Riedon output I/V resistors (2)
Furutech IEC inlet
WBT NexGen RCA's (or your choice of good RCA's) (3)
.5mm silver/gold Mundorf wiring (or your choice of good wire)
1.0mm Neotech SPC power wiring
Arctic Silver thermal compound
ERS fabric
Damping sheet
...and some other stuff, I'll update as I remember.
So, that's my $.02, its worth what you paid for it!
Peace,
Lee