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who are the best people to do equipment mods?

I have a question?

who are the best people/companies who do mods to existing equipment?

my personel experience is Rich Shultz at EVS who did a wonderful job with the Millenium II dac. A really wonderful and very musical piece. And Ric is a great guy but a bit swamped! I'll have him upgrade my system when I am ready for a universal transport!

Ric's website tweakaudio.com

I am currently looking at having Steve Huntley of GReat Northern SOunds do work on my ARC preamp and my transport. I heard great things about his Cal and ARC upgrades. Steve worked with Cal, Audio Research and Wadia and from what I hear he can take their pieces and make them sing even more musically. I'll let you know my findings

His website www.greatnorthernsound.com
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sugarbrie
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There is always Stan Warren (Supermods) in Oregon who will also be busy.

Then there is Dan Wright (Modwright) at http://www.modwright.com

Also Channel Islands Mods (Dusty Vawter)

For power supplies, other tweeks, and repairs of vintage gear there is Bill Thalmann at Music Technology. Bill is a former Conrad Johnson engineer, so is a great choice for CJ and similar
gear....http://www.musictechnology.com/

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rushton
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I totally concur in Sugarbrie's recommendation of Bill Thalmann at Music Technology. Bill is a superb individual who approaches upgrades conservatively, thoughtfully and with great consideration.
dopogue
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My vote goes to John Hillig of Musical Concepts (check out www.musicalconcepts.com). In addition to his mods, he also sells great, inexpensive cables.
john_l
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I cant compare him to others, but I have heard Dan Wright's hot rodded tube output stage ES-777 in my system. Dan lives here in Portland. I thought it sounded better than my scd-1. Best CD playback I've heard. Nice guy too. See www.modwright.com.
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