Component mods are one of the easiest, and certainly most cost-effective, things you can do in all of audio. In most cases its as simple as looking inside, writing down the values printed on the sides of the caps, buying some better ones and soldering them in.
My first mod was to replace the diodes in my Aronov with some $8 Hexfreds. For $8 the improvement from a blacker background, more liquid midrange and treble, and reduction in grain and glare, was more like $800.
Some people of course are scared to death of electricity. Those people probably should not be modding. At least not until they learn better. Some people of course are frightened of risks of all sorts. People afraid of losing warranty coverage probably should not be modding. At least not until they learn better. Probably also there are people who can't hear the difference well enough to evaluate, or they just for whatever reason think everything should be left stock, the manufacturer knows better, etc. Probably those people should not be modding. At least not until they learn better.
However, with understanding all of that, I fail to see why anyone wanting to mod needs anyone else's approval, authority, or certification. Or why anyone buying a modded component has anything to complain about, as long as the fact it has been modded was disclosed up front.
So, is that it? Were you deceived?
My first mod was to replace the diodes in my Aronov with some $8 Hexfreds. For $8 the improvement from a blacker background, more liquid midrange and treble, and reduction in grain and glare, was more like $800.
Some people of course are scared to death of electricity. Those people probably should not be modding. At least not until they learn better. Some people of course are frightened of risks of all sorts. People afraid of losing warranty coverage probably should not be modding. At least not until they learn better. Probably also there are people who can't hear the difference well enough to evaluate, or they just for whatever reason think everything should be left stock, the manufacturer knows better, etc. Probably those people should not be modding. At least not until they learn better.
However, with understanding all of that, I fail to see why anyone wanting to mod needs anyone else's approval, authority, or certification. Or why anyone buying a modded component has anything to complain about, as long as the fact it has been modded was disclosed up front.
So, is that it? Were you deceived?