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In Reply to: Marantz SA-11w/ Reference Audio Mods Modifications posted by nsxt28@yahoo.com on March 8, 2007 at 21:38:51:
Hi,I have heard all these guys with their mods and although they may make some improvements, at the end of the day your player isn't worth any more on the resale market. Save your money and listen to it the way it is. The most notceable improvement I ever heard between players is going to a belt drive transport with a good NOS DAC. Mods do very little. Today all parts quality is good so going from a Panasonic cap to a Rubycon to an Elna or what have you makes very little audible difference.
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i guess that there are different strokes for different folks. there was a time that i was interested in buying and selling equipment, maintain its value was paramount. but acheiving the best sound reproduction possible has become more important.i have had all of my equipment extensively moddified ... why? because all equipment is built to a pricie point. to make a player that costs 200 - 300 bucks means that something has to give. yes a cap is a cap a value is a value but is it really? i have heard the differences between the superclock 3 and the superclock 4. in my system the difference was not subtle. i have heard the difference that a radical mod on my aleph 3 made. HUGHE!!!! i have learned that i must be willing to risk something to gain something. in audio i am willing to take those risks. i know that i can always return to the previous state.
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-replaced stocked caps with jupiter ..... more body and clairity very smooth more resolutionAlpha Core MI1
-cryo'd .... smoother, dynamic, resolutionNelson Pass Aleph 3
-custom diode bridge on oak, cablepods, bolt through transformer removed, transformer on pine, silver wire ... way more resolution, air, dynamics,Bent audio TVC
-cryo'd .... very smooth, liquid, grain freeAck Dac
-new batteries, silver wire, regulator, WBT's, wood chassis .... you would not recognize the sound. STUNNING!!!! still much more to do.47 labs flatfish
-optima red top battereis, pio caps, silver wire, super clock 4, regulato, all on wood, etc. still more to comeall ic's cyo'd
more to do.
Mods are easier to rationalize when one considers that MRSP of commecial gear includes a mark-up of 4 to 8 times cost-of-goods. So even premium products $10K and up are compromised in the parts bin. This can be rectified at relatively lower cost by the modifier, who is unburdened by marketing expenses, retail dealer markup, etc. But perhaps the greatest percentage return on investment with modding is with promising but built-to-cost pieces like the Oppo or Behringer. These can be bought cheaply and modded up to a very high standard. Probably nothing like the modded Marantz, but at around $1K total investment they are likely better than far more expensive stock solutions.
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