Ditch the DIP

摘要

Regular readers will know that I am not a fan of one particular feature found on some products reviewed in the pages of HFN. I'm talking about DIP switches, and I thought I ought to take the opportunity to clarify my personal position here, a little. For those not familiar with them, I am talking about the tiny little arrays of switches that are most often found fitted to phono stages, and which are used for setting cartridge gain and loading. They mount directly to PCBs - and the name is an abbreviation of Dual Inline Package.