anyone tried to tweak the Schiit Loki DAC?

[ticktock]

Hello folks,

I'm running a DSD-only Schiit Loki fed by my Win7 PC and JRiver MC19.
The Loki is a nice little box with only one USB-powered PCB including
an AKM4396 chip.

Has anyone tried to tweak this little DAC? Any hints? 😕

I'm considering to start with the PSU and bigger capacitors as I have
quantities of Silmics and Oscons.

Have little hope but a schematic would be awesome.

 

[ishiru]

if they powered by USB power, cut the power and have a linear one 😀

 

[Audio Zen]

Hello folks,

I'm running a DSD-only Schiit Loki fed by my Win7 PC and JRiver MC19.
The Loki is a nice little box with only one USB-powered PCB including
an AKM4396 chip.

Has anyone tried to tweak this little DAC? Any hints? 😕

I'm considering to start with the PSU and bigger capacitors as I have
quantities of Silmics and Oscons.

Have little hope but a schematic would be awesome.

Did you make any progress on Loki?

 

[ticktock]

A little bit. 🙂

I forgot I started this topic and posted a coupe of pictures here:

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital-line-level/241786-modding-modi-oh-schiit.html

 

[ticktock]

 

[Barbieboy]

Looks simple enough even for me to tackle 😉 Any sonic improvements Ticktock ?

 

[ticktock]

Punchier better bass and more smooth.

Definitely worth the little effort. 🙂

 

[junker]

This is great ticktock... In the future I may go with a Schiit Yggy and use a Loki for dedicated DSD.

So you went with Pana rather than Silmic? Are you still using the 5V USB power from your PC? Maybe something like Schiit Wyrd would be nice...unless you were going to build something yourself. ;-) Thanks for posting your modded Loki!

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