Mods : Fools Gold or the Real Thing

I don't know about transports specifically, but as far as mods to a cd player go, I'm sold on them.

In my own system I've heard both the modwright (not sure of price - it's the one Dan brought to CES) tube output Xa777 and the ($360 superclock + ~800 resistor) kern SCD-1 sacd players.

In a side by side comparision both of them completely blew away a stock scd-1. One of the best stock cd players out there. It wasn't even close. I didn't hear the kern and modwright players side by side.

I've met both Dan Wright and Richard Kern and they are both great people to deal with too. Either one of them will tell you their honest opinion on what gives you the best performance/$. I can't recommend one above the other.

I just know I'll never drive stock again!

Kern is at www.audiomod.com, and Wright is at www.modwright.com.

there is an informative testimonial about mods at tweakaudio.com

if done by someone who knows what they are doing (Kern, Wright, etc.) I think its the real thing -- very good way to improve sound for not too much money.

Mods, are the real thing. As an individual, you can spend $200-300, in your player, to improve it immensely. As a manufacturer, a $100 cost increase, each, for 100,000 units, drives his production costs up, astronomically.

There is also Stan Warren. His only transport specific mod I am aware of is the Aiwa CD changer. He may do other transport mods, but you would need to call him.