Help-Genesis Digital Lens

Kana is right about Pauls decisdion about the DL3. After being promised it would appear year after year, a bunch of DUMMMIES(!) decide that it wasn't needed. Paul has said that the Lens was obsolete the moment that the higher sample came into being. I sold mine for this exact reason and purchased an Assemblage D2D.

I meant to say "Higher sample rates" above.

dan,
i had already responded to john's comments before reading your post. we both gave the same reason why a new lens was not produced. single players was also a big issue as well. i know aberdeen had a lens and looked into it. i believe what can be done to the lens can be also implimented into units today with todays newer technology and parts. example is my modded millenium and modded northstar 192. the need for a big ben afterwards was not needed . i also believe the same would be true of a lens as well.

regards

bill

john,
anxiety is hardly the correct word. RELIEF is the correct word. i finally found someone that knows how to mod. i am not talking about someone putting a bunch of 3 cent bypass caps everywhere. maybe you should open your modded lens and see what you got. rf clamps and bybee filters dont count as upgrades as well. you could do that yourself. i stand by my statement of devices like the lens being a bandaid especially when today's clocks can outperform now what the lens did. maybe you should look into a better player before adding more issues.
the reason MCGOWAN did not produce a new lens is because there was a poll taken on his website. the response going back a few years was " no need to produce one because of the use of single players now". there was not enough interest in it. i would send what ever player you are using and have aberdeen look at modding it. i know for a fact they had a lens there. it was boxed up and sent back. with today's newer parts, they could mod your unit to outperform even the need for a lens. how about a modded northstar 192 cd player. talk to aberdeen how good the clock is in that unit and when its modded.
you will never know how good your digital can sound if you want to use older digital gear. maybe you can try a northstar 192 before putting more money in a product that even PAUL MCGOWAN SAY'S IS OUTDATED.
I have no history as you said with results of modded gear. one company just outperforms the sound of the other company when it comes down to sounding musical. maybe this is why aberdeen themselves said their modded tact millenium mk3 is the best sounding amp they have heard.
now you also know why MCGOWAN did not produce a new lens.
www.sales@aberdeencomponents.com
its worth talking to them. ask them about the exact power ep15a and how it outperforms the PS AUDIO GEAR and WHY !!!
i hope you at least talk to them even if you choose to not have them do any work for you . you will be farther ahead either way.

regards

bill

Bill - The opportunity to hear the modified Genesis to my stock Genesis will not happen. My attempts to email the seller appears to have not been a success. It looks there was an email tool and/or filtering problem where my incoming emails were likely tagged as spam and thus were never received by the seller. My payment was received but I just learned that the unit is no longer available for my evaluation. Oh well....onto Plan B....or C.

I will not persue more Genesis upgrades; there are clearly a lot of opportunities to refine one's digital setup. I did check out the Aberdeen site and mauimods but it is not clear what products they modify other than the few brands they sell as new. I will have to call them for details here.

The Pioneer PD65 I have owned since 1993 continues to perform at an incredible level. And this with the Genesis into various DACs has resulted in impressive CD playback vs. my Clearaudio LP playback system. If there was a transport solution in the <$1500 range, I would give this serious consideration over the PD65/Genesis pair. But if not, I am thinking more and more to go with a music server on my wireless network. This would then drive a DAC (maybe through the Genesis!) into the audio system. As this "technology" matures, I might wait another year or so before I go this route, provided I have no digital component failures in the meantime.

John