Copper tape atop IC's?

[godfrey]

Ingenious!!! - little tin-foil hats for our equipment.

Up to now, the more prudent among us have been able to protect ourselves with Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanies, but have been powerless to prevent them from influencing our hifis (and thus our very music!) with their evil rays.

With this new invention, they won't even be able to probe our equipment to learn what we are listening to.

I feel real hope that we are winning at last!

[oshifis]

I use two pieces of BGA copper heatsinks (from computer parts store) ontop of a TDA1541A DAC chip, with excellent result. I connected the heatsinks to ground.

[Joris]

Originally Posted by oshifis

I use two pieces of BGA copper heatsinks (from computer parts store) ontop of a TDA1541A DAC chip, with excellent result. I connected the heatsinks to ground.

Looks pretty nice! I cut a Pentium 4 heatsink in two pieces and use them
There's no sound improvement, nor there is a decrease. It just looks cool and keeps it cool

[firechief]

trying to hide the part numbers?

[Hennie]

I hope you guys use real single crystal oxygen free copper.

[oshifis]

Originally Posted by firechief

trying to hide the part numbers?

I hope I will remember the part number after a few years That spunky TDA1541A gets really hot without the heatsink. I am surprised that nobody else is worried about it. It's more peace of mind than seeking ultimate sound quality in my case.