sharnid

This is offtopic section so I thought it'd be fine. Sorry, requesting thread delete.

I got a snip from wiki about valve (tube) amplifier that made me curious: SO...what would protect my rig from a nuclear blast? A giant lead fridge? ...seemed to work for Indiana Jones. ..yes, this is paranoia, mythbuster-addict that I am I like to throw money at oddities and potential problems

Philips smartplug surge protector ...because actiontech routers suxors in a rainstorm

Sounds easy, I'll do it tomorrow, not wanting to wake up people in the house right now. And yes, the Pico DAC is the first upgrade DAC I'll ever hear. Why the "Oh, dear..."? Is there a negative side to having pico DAC as first upgrade? Thanks, the polar bear said the same thing

..I may not be able to put it back together once I take it apart. I'll try it on the weekend when I got more time to be careful.

I've been looking through 10 pages of google results and nothing. If there is a webpage somewhere that lists sources and their respective DAC chips I'd love ot have a look. Or if someone here owns a Marantz vc5200 and knows the answer that'd be great. I got this 5disc player back in 2001, loved it, and was never curious about what's inside. But recently I crawled out of the rock I was living under and bought an entry set: hd650, gilmore lite, pico dac. So while I'm biting nails through this 3-4 week wait time until shipment I research what I have, feed my curiosity, and try not to bother justin everyday ..wasn't sure if I should have put this post in the "General DAC Questions/Tech Thread" by The Monkey ..things got too technical too quick in there so I avoided the fray.