Perhaps some of these Lampi kits can be modified as buffer with no gain. That is if one  m_u_s_t have toobs in dac. On paper the Dam really needs no help though.
Coincidently i just worked through the Kuartlotron guide few days back. Very interesting stuff.
Too bad i didn't go for EE degree. I'm like a child, every new thingy amazes me in electronics.

Perhaps some of these Lampi kits can be modified as buffer with no gain. That is if one  m_u_s_t have toobs in dac. On paper the Dam really needs no help though.
Coincidently i just worked through the Kuartlotron guide. Very interesting stuff.
Too bad i didn't go for EE degree. I'm like a child, every new thingy amazes me in electronics.

No EE degree here; no CS degree either and I've made a good living as a software developer. I've been teaching myself electronics / analog / digital audio circuits over the past 5 years. We're alike - it's all amazing to me too :-)

What did you do to teach yourself electronics? I would love to be able to design stuff myself, but it's a bit difficult to get started dealing with transistors, tubes, and power supply stuff.

What did you do to teach yourself electronics? I would love to be able to design stuff myself, but it's a bit difficult to get started dealing with transistors, tubes, and power supply stuff.

Like MisterRogers said it is individual. I got started by a project in an artificial muscles (ionic electroactive polymers) lab in one of my university's research centers and was sort of forced to design ultra low voltage/current measurement schemes from scrach. I had no usable background either.  So it went on, i took classes in electronics, read some books, tried to understand devices datasheets and started dissecting old devices to study their operation principles. That's where i get my parts now And suddenly electronics started to make sense.

Most useful learning is done by building stuff and looking at theory at the same time from a book. There are many great beginners books available. PM me i can share some.

Yea, I plan on loading them up tonight :-)

The C128_100 filter is by far my favorite still.
The un-buffered output is absolute must for low level resolving with my gear. My Genelec monitors out-resolve HD800-s at the moment, which shouldn't be happening, it makes no sense. 

It is probably the Sansui class AB (very low bias) that is the bottleneck for HD800-s. But so are Genelec's chip amp class AB and not very high bias.
This dac reveals trailing of sounds and these tiny fluid pieces of music that i had no clue existed in tracks i have listened to so many years.