marantz 11s2 sacd player modifications

I have a Marantz SA-11S1 with a tube buffer stage. Call Chris Johnson at The Parts Connexion (pcX). This mod was called his Ultimate tube mod, and cost around $3200 as I recall.

I bought mine already modded, so I can't really give you a before/after experience. However, I can say that I like the way this unit sounds, and it has beaten many more expensive units, IMHO.

Cheers,
John

"a modifier who wants to make money will do anything"

Scary thought MRT. . . I would not send my beloved components to such quack surgeon for fashionable "body modifications!"
Why not apply harmless external prosthetics in the form of an external tube buffer to the Marantz, instead of inflicting to it irreversible and possibly damaging surgery?

The SA11-S2 is really, really good as is. The rest of my system is tubes and I'm sure that helps produce the excellent tonality of the SA11-S2. I would highly recommend that you try your S2 as is for a few hundred hours before doing anything. You may be suprised at how good it is. Save you some coin.

since the marantz is not a warm sounding player , i will probably want to change its frequency response, reducing treble energy and shfting the presence in the upper base. i spoke to one modifier who suggests replacing many of the capacitors, wiring and the iec, to "darken" the presentation.

by the way, i appreciate the food analogy. however, you don't have to taste food to determine that its preparation is not to your taste. all you need is the ingredients.
for example, if you prefer a salty flavor, and the preparation is salt free, one may add some salt, before tasting the food. with the marantz, if i want a "warm" sound, i will need to change its "voice", as the player is not warm in stock mode.

Good plan working on the "base" Mrt.

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