LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

@stereo5 I modded my LSA Voyager because of my experience with the SONY SCD-1. There are a lot of reviews on the Vaccum State mods that I also did on the SONY. The SONY had great bones, a 60 pound SACD player with SONY's best efforts 20 years ago. It cost $5K then but likely $10K-$20K for a smaller company to do the same level of work. In short the mods transformed the unit from great (lot of reviews on this unmodded player) to one that I will never sell, a masterpiece. Even today it is still one of my best digital sources. It is much better than stock and actually some stock features are removed or disabled.

Since you guys are all talking about musicians I will add that a musician who recently heard my SONY wanted to buy it. He could not believe how good it was with SACD's. He owns a lot of DACs and other gear.

So mods are not something I will dismiss because you can buy something better for more money.

I am not dismissing mods but if the item is so great, why does it need to be modded, especially during the warranty period?  I had the SCD777ES which was the same as the SCD1 without the balanced output and potted transformer @$3500.00.  It’s now a boat anchor and could never compete with my Esoteric X3 SACD player. 

Mods to digital vs. mods to something like an amp or preamp are a bit different.  Years back back I had a tube mod to a Sony XA-777ES.  I still have a solid state modded Oppo BDP-83 (which is just there if someone brings a disc over as I'm not into disc playback at this point).  Other than minor mods, I can't ever foresee getting either a digital or video thing modded again. For one thing, the draw mechanism and transport is usually only manufactured for a limited period.  Once that passes, the manufacturer is not going to retrofit new parts in and write new software for it.  As far as not modding during the warranty period, that is a safe practice to follow.

I am not dismissing mods but if the item is so great, why does it need to be modded, especially during the warranty period?

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Very bazar behaviour, and if done, hopefully not by some who takes one look at just a picture of it, (no bench measurement/scope tests) and says he can see quite a few modds to take it to another level, without any explanation of what mods can be done take it to that next level.

Cheers George