Theta Gen Va Mods

In my humble opinion mods are simply a way of depleting your wallet. Example: I recently had need to take apart my highly moded Denon DVD (Underwood Wally), to repair a bad solder joint. What did I find? All that expensive modification boils down to a solid silver wire (22 gague) that attaches the entire circuit, mods and all, to a Gold plated RCA (also a mod) port. What possible good would a $3000 IC connected to this machine do? It all runs through a 2in piece of silver 22 gague wire. It's all a ripoff! At least that is my opinion

I agree with 51 derrill, mods does not seem the way to go. I am going to replace my transport (Theta Data Universal MK.ll.) Any suggestions? I want a used one in the $700 to $1,000 price range.
Thanks

Theta has a special link used between their transport and dacs. You a new transport: SFT-1, CEC TL-1X, ML 37 etc.