My Wadia 861 was modified from Steve Huntley a few weeks ago. A few weeks before that Wadia (those poor souls) upgraded it to an 861 from the 860. Steve and I had been discussing an upgrade to the player for many months prior as I was holding out for Wadia's upgrade. Now working with Steve was a pleasure. The modifications were pretty extensive. The modifications enlisted really top shelf parts and also cleaned up the alot of the signal path and critical cicuitry quite nicely. The player did not go through a real long break in after the modifications. Now the player does bass drums, cymbals, vocalists etc. with an awesome realism factor for 16 bit digital. I still can't believe the transformation. The greatest areas of improvement are at the frequency extremes also in the player's smoothness and much deeper transparency. I would definately use him again.
