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Sonic Frontiers Line 3 Mod by Parts Connection?

Attention Power 3, Line 3, Line 3 SE, Line 3 SE+ pcx owners

I'm wondering why I see so many Sonic Frontiers Line series components being quickly dumped after the pcX upgrade. It seems to be mostly with the Power 3 and Line 3. I spoke with an unsatisfied Line 3 owner who felt the Parts Connection mod. workmanship was poor quality. That is to say, good parts but, bad board work. Were you former owners not satisfied with the change in sound quality pcX gave? Is the SF factory SE better than the pcX Mod? What has been your experience?
cathy062
ballen1
7 posts
 
No responses??? It's been 30 days since you posted your thread and no responses from any SF owners... This may suggest you're onto something. Good observation.
eagle
154 posts
 
I do not know anything about the PCx upgrade, but I did own a new Line 3 SE that was built at the factory before it closed. It was an excellent preamp, but found I prefer the Placette Passive in many ways.
The Line 3 is very well designed, a true work of art inside and out, but the only thing I really miss is the hockey puck remote. It was cool!
I have several reasons in favor of the Passive, but won't list them here. Please email if you want to know more. I would be glad to reply with my opinion.
Gary
firebat
10 posts
 
I had an SFCD-1 upgraded including a superclock. When I first got it back, I was unimpressed. Thin sounding and tipped in the upper mids/high-end. It took about 500 hours to break-in but afterwards, it turned out nice. Very smooth and liquid. I imagine many don't expect the burn-in to take as long as it does. I would assume the preamp/amp upgrades may have a similiar breakin-in time. After living with the upgraded SFCD-1 for a year, I'm about ready to make an upgrade to a new digital front-end so I'll probably being selling it soon.
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