Refurbished DS DAC Mk 1. Sound signature now. Burn-in needed?

[paul56]

Hi ,Mike .
If you have a lot of time on your hands , read through the Modding the Direct Stream DAC MK 1 Category on this forum .Lots of interesting options there .
What Dvorak suggests is a good summary though .

Modding the DirectStream DAC MKI

The Lampis got them, the Yggys are getting them; in fact a lot of great designs yield a smoother, more detailed sound with mods. Apart from SW updates maybe there are parts up to some tweaking. Most obvious and super easy to implement are things like upgrading the power cord, shorting unused inputs or putting caps over them, using different footers, upgrading to audio grade fuses but about hardware mods? IME bypassing caps, adding dampening material, disabling LEDs, adding WA Quantum Chips (t…