Is Exemplar the answer?

I just bought a 3910 and intend to have it modded. I've read archives but the mod people are often referred to by first name and I can't get straight who is who. I believe I have read of at least 4 different companies. It seems that every customer is wildly happy with their product no matter who did what mod.

Can anyone offer a brief overview of who runs which of the major Denon-modding companies, and any distinguishing characteristics or credentials that could be a starting point for trying to decide who to go with? I'm attracted to the idea of a tube mod - do only some offer that?

Thanks

At VSAC I heard all three plus the outstanding Allen Wright unit. Conditions were deplorable. I already had the Exemplar in its first version. I bought an Allen Wright unit shortly afterwards. All of this is a moving target as moders are not stuck in place. But the latest Exemplar is so superior to many other exceptional units I have heard, that I doubt if Alex's, Dan's, or Allen's unit can outperform it. Sorry, smilin, but it is no more an "unwarranted claims" for me to make it at this time than for you to do so later.

Thanks - just knowing the websites and names are a help. I'm in South Denver area - if anyone would be enough of a sport to contact me about a possible mod-to-stock Denon comparo someday that would be cool.

Hi guys,
My instinct is to stay out of this, certainly on the merits. I have had Dan mod a Sony SCD 9000 in the past and he too did a wonderful job. I have owned nothing from Alex or from Allen Wright. I don't like to make comparisons in my reviews unless I have all the products in house and under conditions that allows each to perform to its best.
I don't worry about the Best or Better. I wonder about how good the component sounds in my system.
More than that, I write my reviews with one purpose primarily in mind and that is to provide useful and illuminating information that is helpful to potential consumers and fair to manufacturers and designers.

In the Spring I will be reviewing the Exemplar Horns. Now that's something I look forward to!

Have fun and try not to take it so seriously that you lose sight of the potential for joy in all this.

Cheers, and keep reading 6moons. We're working pretty hard and having a hell of a good time -- even if my 'beat' is the usually unobtainable in tube electronics and turntables.

I don't know that the Exemplar is the best, but I do know it made me feel good about the possibilities of digital at reasonable cost.

What I would like to know is whether my particularly positive experience with DVD-A is common or unusual

Jules

Jules