16 October 2025

Mission DAC 5 - capacitor service and upgrades

Another superb English DAC, in for a service and some upgrades. 
A few capacitors lost over half of the capacitance and some had high ESR. All replaced with quality caps, and solid Panasonic caps on the DAC power supply lines. 
The unit also got newer audio grade op-amps, OPA134, gold plated sockets installed, and the mute transistors were removed. 

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Electronic repair, restoration, and audio upgrades

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