snurb Posted November 9, 2020 Posted November 9, 2020 (edited) Further information: For sale is this excellent tube DAC, purchased new in July with the following options: AK4497 DAC Chips (+$200 USD) MK3 USB Board With Crystek 957 Femto Clocks (+$99.00 USD) RCA/GE 5R4/5U4 Rectifier tube (+$50.00 USD) 4x stock 6N1P tubes 4x Obbligato Gold output coupling capacitors I'll throw in the original AK4490 DAC Chips as well I can throw in 4x brand new NOS Tungsram ECC85 tubes for $100 which are a massive improvement over the stock tubes. For the money, this DACs performance is sensational and hard to match, especially if you upgrade the output Caps, tubes and rectifier. There are a couple of tiny scratches on the case which are hard to photograph but I've tried. It comes fully boxed and I can ship at agreed cost. I'm also selling the tube, rectifier and cap upgrades I used with it in upcoming classifieds posts. Photos: Edited November 11, 2020 by snurb 1
MrBurns84 Posted November 10, 2020 Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) And @snurb is grinning in the corner.. Edited November 10, 2020 by MrBurns84 2
DrMikeOz Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 This is a fantastic DAC for the price and is a tinkerers dream since you can easily roll tubes and capacitors in it without a soldering iron in sight. The best part is that you can swap DAC chips to get the sound you like and can upgrade to a newer chip without replacing the DAC - like the new 4499 that you can buy from Garry @ Musical Paradise and it just slots in. 1
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