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Modified you SonySCD-c333es? Tell your experience?

Greetings,
If you've had your Sony SCD-c333es SACD player modified, would you tell us (1) what the difference/improvement is over the "stock" unit? (2) What mods you had done and (3)how much the cost was? (4) Who did the mods?
Comments from the modifiers/tweakers and your observations of what can be expected in the way of performance enhancements are also appreciated.
Happy Listening.
soundsgr8tome

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rgd
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While it has not even reached the 50 hour mark there are significant differences from the stock unit;
- soundstage has widened and depth has increased

- much smoother presentation on redbook, "smokes" (to my ears) the stock presentation and handily beats it again when using the ART DI/O (stock form) dac

- timing is more natural and accurate which I put down to the installation of the Super Clock.

- sacd playback has better definition and I perceive it to have an even lower noise floor than the stock unit.

- everything seems smoother in presentation, less choppy and while probably may not be considered close to vinyl (can't compare as I haven't had a TT in 15 years) it could be considered more "analogue" sounding in its presentation

- at this early time of observation I feel that the redbook section has benefitted more from the introduction of better quality capacitors and resistors than the sacd section but the changing of the clock has brought many benefits to both formats.

Bass is better defined and the high end is much smoother. Overall preliminary results encapsulated into one word would be "smooooooth"
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