madscientist
15-09-2025, 07:17
For Sale Black ICE DAC recently purchased from Robert Airey (Open Door) for my brother-in-law who now does not need it. This was Roberts personal DAC and it sounds great but I do not need 2!
Modifications:
Output caps are Mundorf ZN but due to their size I’ve had to add a 3D printed base riser. This then allows one to add other larger caps that would never have possible due to the cramped spacing in the chassis.
This dac is one of a very few that Robert imported from Black Ice themselves having worked the output tube board by adding 12x Vishay Naked Z-Foil resistors at great cost.
Upgrade spec:
• Furutech gold IEC
• QSA Black fuse
• Audio Note silver plated output RCA’s
• Cast silver ptfe wrapped output wiring
• Output caps Mundorf ZN but now space for bigger options if wanted. I do rate the ZN in the dac as very ‘speedy’
• Resistors on tube output board upgraded to Vishay Z-Foils (12 of them - big upgrade and costly at £25 to £36 pound each!)
• electrolytic cap on dac board now Audio Note Seiyru (nothing else will fit)
• Headphone volume pot and output volume bypassed (disconnected)
• WiFi board disconnected
• Power supply caps now a mix of a Teflon tin foil S3Q cap, Audio Note Seiyru and AN Standard electrolytic capacitors and Mills resistors (inline to the tubes)
• RDC feet x3
• Output tubes are Sylvania JHS 5751’s, black plate triple meca @ £175 a pair
• Added an extra grounding point on the dac board to reduce noise
• Also on the IEC I added a ground point for the likes of an Entreq (seen in pic)
£700 including postage or pick up from Horsham, West Sussex or Sutton, Outer London
All original packaging and handbook included
Photos can be found here:https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/top-spec%E2%80%99-and-racing-black-ice-audio-tube-dac-latest-boards.305872/#post-5641875https://i.postimg.cc/WdB8HCFX/20250914-140630.jpg (https://postimg.cc/WdB8HCFX)https://i.postimg.cc/yJ0j4j0B/20250914-140610.jpg (https://postimg.cc/yJ0j4j0B)https://i.postimg.cc/gXdDYhKh/20250914-140614.jpg (https://postimg.cc/gXdDYhKh)https://i.postimg.cc/4HxQcTqN/1000015229.jpg (https://postimg.cc/4HxQcTqN)
Modifications:
Output caps are Mundorf ZN but due to their size I’ve had to add a 3D printed base riser. This then allows one to add other larger caps that would never have possible due to the cramped spacing in the chassis.
This dac is one of a very few that Robert imported from Black Ice themselves having worked the output tube board by adding 12x Vishay Naked Z-Foil resistors at great cost.
Upgrade spec:
• Furutech gold IEC
• QSA Black fuse
• Audio Note silver plated output RCA’s
• Cast silver ptfe wrapped output wiring
• Output caps Mundorf ZN but now space for bigger options if wanted. I do rate the ZN in the dac as very ‘speedy’
• Resistors on tube output board upgraded to Vishay Z-Foils (12 of them - big upgrade and costly at £25 to £36 pound each!)
• electrolytic cap on dac board now Audio Note Seiyru (nothing else will fit)
• Headphone volume pot and output volume bypassed (disconnected)
• WiFi board disconnected
• Power supply caps now a mix of a Teflon tin foil S3Q cap, Audio Note Seiyru and AN Standard electrolytic capacitors and Mills resistors (inline to the tubes)
• RDC feet x3
• Output tubes are Sylvania JHS 5751’s, black plate triple meca @ £175 a pair
• Added an extra grounding point on the dac board to reduce noise
• Also on the IEC I added a ground point for the likes of an Entreq (seen in pic)
£700 including postage or pick up from Horsham, West Sussex or Sutton, Outer London
All original packaging and handbook included
Photos can be found here:https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/top-spec%E2%80%99-and-racing-black-ice-audio-tube-dac-latest-boards.305872/#post-5641875https://i.postimg.cc/WdB8HCFX/20250914-140630.jpg (https://postimg.cc/WdB8HCFX)https://i.postimg.cc/yJ0j4j0B/20250914-140610.jpg (https://postimg.cc/yJ0j4j0B)https://i.postimg.cc/gXdDYhKh/20250914-140614.jpg (https://postimg.cc/gXdDYhKh)https://i.postimg.cc/4HxQcTqN/1000015229.jpg (https://postimg.cc/4HxQcTqN)