Here's the obvious idea - adapt a Small Outline Integrated Circuit (SOIC) to a Dual Inline Package (DIP) socket.
The adapters are expensive and sometimes hard to find the right info (like spacing between pins and pads on adapter for proper alignment) to buy the right ones.
Here is quick how to if you want to try to make your own. This method took me about 20 minutes, and I wound up with a functional but very ugly adapter.
If you can't or just don't want to make your own adapter check out Getlofi.com for a LTC1799 kit.
All you need for materials are:
6-8 pin DIP socket
Solid wire (size up to you, I use cat3/cat5 solid telephone wire)
Copper clad circuit board
Solder
LTC1799 chip
Tools:
Drill bit (size to match wire)
Drill (dremel or small drill press, I'd stay away from a hand drill with such a small drill bit)
X-acto knife
Pencil (with nice sharp tip)
Soldering iron
Jeweler's pliers (small pliers that are smooth no teeth)
Jeweler's saw (coping saw) or substitute your tool to cut the circuit board
Straight edge square
Magnifying glass
To start use the pliers to gently and slightly bend pins 1 & 3 away from pin 2 and pins 4 &5 away from one another. Check that the pins bent without twisting, causing the pins to not be even and the chip not flat. Use pliers to correct if needed.
These instructions will be for a 6 pin DIP socket.
On the corner of the circuit board place the socket on its side with socket end edge and circuit board edges even. Use X-acto knife to mark the copper where the 3 holes are in the socket. Now use square to extend the 3 marks on the copper. Now place socket on end with side edge of socket and circuit board even. Use X-acto knife to mark the copper where the 2 holes are in the socket. Now use square to extend the 2 marks on the copper. There now you have the markings where you will drill 5 holes that lineup with the DIP socket.
Drill the 5 holes to match the chip.
Place the chip in the middle of where you drilled the holes. Use the pencil to make marks where the pins are on the copper. Remove chip from circuit board.
Now the "fun" part. Use the pencil to mark where you'll cut the copper with the X-acto, the goal is to make a trace from where the pin will sit to the hole for the wire. Follow the pencil marks with the X-acto. A few passes with moderate pressure will cut through the copper. Do not try to cut all the copper to be removed into one big piece. Cut simple rectangle or triangle pieces then go back an refine the shape if needed. After you have scored through the copper use the tip of the blade to lift the copper off (this will probably break the tip a few times) becareful to not remove the copper from pin-to-hole. You might have noticed the adapter is still part of the big circuit board, so lift the copper off to a point beyond where you'll be cutting later.
 
This is what we're going for.
Now you can tin the traces you've made. Be careful to not heat up the copper so much that it moves or comes off. Heat it enough so the solder flows.
After the copper has cooled place the chip so the pins are on the traces. Lightly hold the pin in place with your finger. Heat up the trace for pin 4 or 5 until you see the solder flow again. Let cool then do the other pin 4 or 5. Proceed to do pins 1, 2, 3 in this manner. When you tinned the trace before if any trace was lumpy/thick with solder you will want to solder down those pins first so the chip will be as flat as possible.
Now cut 5 pieces of wire about 1/2" long. Strip them so it is just bare copper, and make sure atleast one end does not have "pinch" marks from being cut, use a file or sand paper (those pinch marks can make plugging into the socket difficult). Tin one end of wire pieces (easiest to tin before cutting to length).
Holding the small wires with the pliers flow the solder on the end of the wire and on the trace together. Repeat 4 more times.
With a magnifying glass inspect all pin-to-trace joints. You might need to add solder. Remember that solder flows to the hottest area. When you attached the wire the solder might have been pulled away from the pin more toward the wire. Try a small piece of electric tape to hold all wires together, so one does not drop when reflowing solder.
Cut the adapter off from the circuit board.
Lastly, straighten wires if needed, and plug adapter into socket. This will align the wire pieces, do not push too hard, apply pressure evenly so adapter slides into socket.
When you mount/solder the socket into your circuit remove the adapter from the socket until you are all done soldering.
Behold the ugly truth.
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