lwrobertson

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Puzzled about reasons why there seems to be no shortage of used planner speakers
My first pair of planar speakers were the Maggie Tympani 1Ds back in the early 1970s.  The were physically huge, required multiple ARC Tube amps to sound their best, and yes, were often mistaken for a pair of dressing screens.  But the sound exper... 
Upgrade my DAC or buy more weed?
The EE Tube DAC has gold plated DIP sockets for the ICs.  No soldering is required.  Instructions and pictures of a EE Tube DAC with  discrete component opamps are on both the Burson and Sparkos websites.  Easy to do.    
Upgrade my DAC or buy more weed?
The EE Tube DAC has much more capability than you have heard if you haven't swapped out the 4 IC that come in sockets with the unit.  The Burson V5 discrete component opamps are a revaluation, especially if you bypass the output coupling capacitor...