Dave, I saw a picture of your SCD-1 and Im impress about the amount of work you have done to it, looks nice. You really like batteries:-)
I have seen & seriously compare other modded scd-1/scd-777 with add-in modules to bypass the analog stage and I honestly was not impress with the sound quality for the amount of money this boards cost. Dont get me wrong they do change the sound quality from the stock components but to my ears it was not pleasant.
The audio board on these sony models is well designed and as I mentioned before, in my experience, changing key stock electronic components is all it takes to make these players to deliver a sound quality to the level of any player costing over 15K. I always recommend putting most of your money on the entire audio signal path components (from the RF board to main board and to the last output wire (silver wire) on the audio board, of course there are other areas that need improvement.
Last year I purchased a used SCD-777 just in case I ever need spare parts, the previous owner have upgraded this player with Allen W. level 6 mod and while it did sound good compared to the stock components but I can not justify spending the asking price for the modules, I think they are extremely over priced.
BTW I noticed that you have the SC4 on your player, I used to have it too. If you are interested I can recommend a better clock module. The only issue might be that I live in Europe.
I have seen & seriously compare other modded scd-1/scd-777 with add-in modules to bypass the analog stage and I honestly was not impress with the sound quality for the amount of money this boards cost. Dont get me wrong they do change the sound quality from the stock components but to my ears it was not pleasant.
The audio board on these sony models is well designed and as I mentioned before, in my experience, changing key stock electronic components is all it takes to make these players to deliver a sound quality to the level of any player costing over 15K. I always recommend putting most of your money on the entire audio signal path components (from the RF board to main board and to the last output wire (silver wire) on the audio board, of course there are other areas that need improvement.
Last year I purchased a used SCD-777 just in case I ever need spare parts, the previous owner have upgraded this player with Allen W. level 6 mod and while it did sound good compared to the stock components but I can not justify spending the asking price for the modules, I think they are extremely over priced.
BTW I noticed that you have the SC4 on your player, I used to have it too. If you are interested I can recommend a better clock module. The only issue might be that I live in Europe.