Resale value of modded CD players?

call me nuts but as soon as i read that its been modded i stop reading that second & move on.

weather a mod is good or bad is way too subjective to dirrerent peoples tastes & i much prefer stock gear as youll never know how the unit sounded in the first place if you buy it & its allready modded.

mike.

I disagree,

I think it comes down to who mod's the unit. For example Dan Wright, Stan Warren, Underwood, etc.; They have proven that their mods can bring "underachieving" or good players up quite a few notches, provide quality workmanship as well as excellent service. They just don't go willy-nilly and do a mod for the sake of modding, they think it through and do evaluations for results.

Now, if some Audiogon member did a mod, an extensive one and not just something simple like a cap upgrade, I would be hesitant.

Regards,

I have sold two moded units thus far. I think that 50% is unduly low. On average these two got about 65% of new price. Much is going to depend on demand, of course.

That pretty much sums it up: some people don't want to even begin to deal with mods. Others are cautiously interested, depending on whether the mod was done by a "name" (Mitch Sugarman comes to mind for me), or whether the mod was very simple and obviously a benefit.

Also there are certain components that are very frequently modified and the nature of the mods has become fairly well known. I purchased a modified EAR 834 phono stage, compared it to my unmodified one, and was frankly blown away at how much better the modified one was (even that I loved the stock model). HOWEVER, the price I paid for the modified one probably had a premium of maybe one quarter or less the likely cost of the mod (getting around to your actual question!).

Art