Marantz 8001 SACD Player mods?

Some times it's a hard call, to be sure.
I've done well. But I had to work at it.

I started just swapping parts, not much gain.
Then I went to a new clock, small gain.
Then I added a power supply for the clock, big gain.
Then I installed a complete new output stage from the dac chip onwards, near SOTA.

I did all the work myself, working only off information found on the web.

Can't do that with many players, but you can with the entry level Marantz players - 8001, 8260, and 8400.

Steve

Tvad,
You know all about taking a bath on getting money back on modifications!
That's why you need to be sure you want to keep the player.
BTW, there's not too much Marantz left in my players.
Steve

Just happened to browse the threads here, and saw this one, although it's nearly two months old. I have a couple of reengineered SA-8260's, essentially the same machine as 8001, and they are fantastic.
If you like the looks and feel of the 8001, and want to keep it, it can be made into something that's as good as anything out there. But you have to go for a complete reengineering of the player - new clock and psu, and a new output stage. Parts swapping modifications and other minor tweaks really don't get you much, performance-wise.
VSE and RAM are good modifiers who will get the most out of the player.
FWIW, at RMAF2006, RAM was showing a fully reengineered 8001 that had sound nearly identical to the top Esoteric player that they had for comparison.
As for resale value of a modded player, well that's somewhat irrelevant as you will want to never part with a fully reengineered player.

I have a Marantz 8001 SACD/CD player modded by Paul and Brian Weitzel of Tube Research Labs about a year ago (I bought it new for about $650 and had it modded for about $700). I formerly owned a Marantz SA-11, which I sold. I think that the modded 8011 has more detail than the SA-11, has better highs, and is more analog-like.

I guess what I'm asking is for the same total amount of dollars, would the modified 8001 trounce a used SA-15 or SA-11? Or would the stock SA-15 or SA-11 sound better than a modded 8001? I know the resale value always suffer. Sometimes mods are of the "I can't believe the improvement" to "can I hear a difference and do I like it better after the mod"? Would love to hear opinions from people that owned modded Marantz 8260's or 8001's. The cost for the mods start at about $750.