When I grew out of the DLIII for the same reasons as you, it was a better deal to sell it and buy a better DAC. unless you really like working on your equipment. Your resale price of DIY components is often less. I bought an Eastern Electric tubed DAC and it was much better. I got a good price for the PSA DLIII. it was my first DAC and is still a great sounding one. Technology is changing rapidly and DACs continue to improve. Good luck.
tweaking the Dlink III
I've had the PS Audio Dlink III now for about a year and overall its a nice DAC,solid and detailed. Where it tends to be unsatisfying is separation of instruments in massed orchestra and with particular female vocalists such as the Cranberries, Sherry Crowe, Norah Jones and particular songs their singing becomes more of a shriek than music.... this I know is the DAC's fault because the issue disappears with the Oppo DV-970 analog outputs at the sacrifice of low bass and dynamics but is still there fed in the Dlink III as an A/B test.
Wondering if replacing the power supply caps in the Dlink III (NCD 12000uf 35v) with Mundorf Mlytic AG caps (10000uf 40V)would help this?
http://www.partsconnexion.com/capacitor_ele_mundorf_plugin.html
Anyone else swapped these to good result?
Wondering if replacing the power supply caps in the Dlink III (NCD 12000uf 35v) with Mundorf Mlytic AG caps (10000uf 40V)would help this?
http://www.partsconnexion.com/capacitor_ele_mundorf_plugin.html
Anyone else swapped these to good result?