Modifications to digital ... SCD777ES

i don't know if simon is talking to me but if you are i am talking about www.audience-av.com. they are the ones who do the mods, call them and check them out.

Sorry, I had question for the gentelman who posted the original thread, Mikeg. I spoke with Richard Smith of Audience and I am aware of their proposition. Sorry again for confusion - Simon

There's a guy in the club I belong to, South Florida Audio Society by the name of Andy Bartha. He is a techy and a nice guy. You may have heard of him. I am currently using a pair of 45 amps he built. He does a lot of modifications and may be able to help you out. He does this full time, it,s not a hobby. Drop me your P.N. number and i will ask him to call you. You can go over his credentials with him yourself.

Simon,

I was considering a few sources. Musical Design, Stan Warren, and Dan Wright for the component bypassses. I just talked to Jerry O. at Audio Logic and his price to add his tube output stage went up from $1250 to $1450. I'm concerned about the output stage on the 777. I could bypass all those components and still by stuck with thin sounding op amps (luckily the Aloia inductive ps preamp cured this). I am trying to contact Audience. Stan Warren also offered to replace the op amps with mosfets (on the Pioneer 333, maybe he could do the same on the 777). The other side of the coin, Jerry O of Audio Logic said all of the engineering journals list DVD Audio as the winning format because SACD isn't being readily accepted by the record companies (betamax syndrome). If I'm going to spend $1450 for an add on output stage with power supply then I might as well spend more for a used Dodson DAC. I'll have something of value. Was wondering how your Sony DVD9000 is coming along as modified by Stan? Regards, Mike Girardi

Mike:
Thank you for detailed answer. Stan Warren still investigating 9000es (about two months by now) and I don't know what he will do at the end. I will post results in the same year I will get back my unit - Simon