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In Reply to: Cleaning IC Socket Holes? posted by Dan on January 7, 2007 at 09:00:20:
of the raised gap between the chipset with pcb, less direct resonance and better fluidity of the sonics outcome.
Better still can utilize empty wire sleeve or teflon sleeving from our friendly DIY suppliers to fill the gap and often the improvement is shocking; far better than covering the surface with rope caulk!
Fussy me combine the use thin nylon tie (from left over price tag)to secure the side gap between the IC and its pin, and fluidity can even comparable with the finest tube equipment; louder and more vibrant, takes off all the edgy-ness at same time can tame off the room resonance. A must try to all silicon chips including all those in DVD player.
Are there complementary IC sockets made with Teflon available for the most common op-amps and decoder chips?
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