Modded Players

http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/

Kyle Takenaga is the best! Call him at: 951/780-2869

He modded my Denon-2910 and it is night and day above a cd/dvd player I have owned!! He is also a very honest and patient person. I'm having him do all my equipment.

TRL has done 600+ players in the past year and has done about anything you can think of including very very high priced units.
Like most modders, they can improve any unit. Like most modders they have their favorites.
They have had the best results with the Marantz SA14 and the Sony dvp ns900. Both units are out of production but can be found used. The Marantz for around $1100 and the Sony for $3-400. I have had both in my system. Very nice.
The price of the mod is $550 on the Marantz and I think $750 on the Sony now.
Modwright does some work on SOnys adding a tube stage that is very well liked by many people.

Look around-you don't have to spend a fortune to get great sound. Also digital is the worst investment in audio so spending several thousand dollars is not only not necessary-it is crazy unless you have to have a certain model for some reason.

Denon 2900-universal player-Modwright truth-tube-no comparison after the mods-highly recommended.

Krelldog, Ric could probably give you some recommendations on who to maybe go to and what unit to use.

Thanks for all the advice. I decided to go with a level 2 modded Denon 2910 with a superclock. I made my purchase with Underwood Wally. I should have it in 2 weeks. The 3 main reasons were 1. I wanted a universal player. 2. The 2910 has an HDMI and a DVI out.3. Underwood Wally's reputation is very solid. I hope I made the right choice.