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OLD THREAD DAC End by Andrea Ciuffoli

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Does anyone have partlist for Digikey (for parts that can be found there)?

About the input transformer I have found two choices:

- Lundahl LL1572 with amorphous metal core and low copper resistance 25$ each

- Scientificonversion SC947-02 with interwinding shield to reduce interwinding capacitance 16$ each

Is there any risetime / capacitance specs for Lundahl somewhere? Who sells those?
 
About the output tubes to get a good sonic performance use only 5687 Jan Philips or original NOS E182CC Mullard.

Mullard E182CC is made by Philips and the best one is made in Holland. There are Mullard E182CC made in USA and they don't sound as good as those made in Holland. The price also tells you the same thing.

The Mullard tube is basically Philips Miniwatt E182CC "PQ" Premium Quality or "SQ" Special Quality very long life. Same as Amperex 7119 "PQ". Valvo E182CC is also Philips.

A cheap alternative is Russian 6N6P or, for more details, the copy Chinese 6N6-T Beijing (very good sound). BUT you cannot plug it into the PCB as the pins are not compatible. You need to re wire to separate socket. Electrically are compatible, don't need to adjust the setup. Socket replicators to re-route pins is another option.
 
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I measured the voltage high voltage!
 

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