[sdiy] IC sockets or not???

[Seb Francis]

jpdesroc at oricom.ca wrote:
> I'm starting to build my own DIY synth
> and I wonder if I should use IC sockets
> on all my DIP IC's or solder them directly
> on the PCB... I kind of like the idea of
> being easily able to replace a bad IC
> using sockets but.
> Please take note I'd use only machined sockets with
> gold flash surface.
> What do you think?
>
>   

If you are very confident with your designs then you could solder 
directly, but otherwise I would use good quality machined pin sockets.  
I have never experienced problems when using good sockets, certainly not 
for low frequency stuff like SDIY.

Seb