Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby?

@rh67 - However, I don't think it's going to stop people purchasing it if they think it's a good deal, and knowing that a well respected modifier as ricevs has proven to be, can make it even better for not an insulting extra fee.

An example from back home was the sale of upgraded PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium HP integrateds, it came with a neat Duelund capacitor upgrade that really gave it a substantial bump in performance. They were being sold new, with the upgrade done in house, some waited for warranty to expire, many just went for the upgrade.

I suppose even I would prefer to have the upgrades performed by the manufacturer so that warranty issues would be avoided. But if you want the performance right away, and it's there to be had, many will not wait.

If I were manufacturing these amps and saw posts about mods making the amps sound so much better I would really be upset. Most consumers will not view this as a positive but as a negative.

If it is the case, where building is never a no cost objectivity, when making a profit is a consideration, perhaps it might be a driver in better future products? Which will cost more, which the modification also does.

We're still in the early days of the developing GaN amplifiers, I doubt we've seen even close to the pinnacle of SQ in sound available in the near future?? But then, who knows.