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In Reply to: Finally, someone who makes sense! posted by Christine Tham on April 8, 2007 at 03:08:35:
Chris, I think you could be correct in that not all mods are great and a placebo effect can come into play. As has frequently been said, "different" does not always mean "better".But have a geek at the article referred to below.
Even if one has owned a player, got used to its sound, and then sent it off to be modded, it is impossiblet to make valid "before" and "after" comparisons as auditory memory is so poor.
But maybe I have been lucky in the people chosen to modify units here (most done by James at Soundlabsgroup in Melbourne, & DAC mods done by Steve Nugent, Empirical Audio). For example, the OPPO 971H, although recognised for its excellent video, was not as well praised for the audio. After James had modded it the sound from CDs (into the modded Benchmark etc) was excellent.
But in line with your comment I would not swear that a mod to the Meridian 800 improved it dramatically. I sensed the bass was improved but CDs sound far better via the modded OPPO or modded Marantz SACD player.
Bottom line to me is that this whole business of getting great sound from digital is a black art. And some of the modder magicians are better than others and maybe some are merely offering an illusion :-(
John
Do not criticise the idiots in this world - we need them as they make the rest of us look so much better :-)
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Follow Ups
- To mod or not to mod - John C. - Aussie 15:29:30 04/08/07 (4)
- Re: To mod or not to mod - Christine Tham 18:22:41 04/08/07 (3)
- Re: To mod or not to mod - John C. - Aussie 18:51:38 04/08/07 (2)
- Re: To mod or not to mod - Christine Tham 19:08:56 04/08/07 (1)
- I am also susceptible to the voodoo that surrounds this hobby of ours - John C. - Aussie 19:19:13 04/08/07 (0)
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