A few years ago there was a some talk of disassembling one of these to try adding a heatsink to the ESS ES9038Pro DAC chip, but no one seemed to know how to remove the front (I couldn't find a post about it at least).
Turns out the front glass panel has two extra hex head screws under it. With a hair-dryer and suction cup I was able to remove it. Was pretty straightforward to open up and then reassemble after that.
Just posting here incase anyone is in the same boat!
The idea came from this post, for an
SMSL AD 18 teardown
Turns out the front glass panel has two extra hex head screws under it. With a hair-dryer and suction cup I was able to remove it. Was pretty straightforward to open up and then reassemble after that.
Just posting here incase anyone is in the same boat!
The idea came from this post, for an
SMSL AD 18 teardown
