Sean, thanks for your perspective. It is definitely appreciated, coming from someone who has seen this for real. Anyway, you are so right about swapping parts as opposed to actually modifying a component.
In the situation I was alluding to, the component was "modded" in that the coupling caps were upgraded in these amplifiers. However, the number one issue the NEEDED to be corrected in this product was the fact that the power cabling is bundled with a lot of the other wiring in the amp. Sure, it makes for a cleaner presentation, and probably easier manufacturing, but the difference addressing the cable routing inside these amps overshadows a capacitor upgrade by several orders of magnitude.
My friend is a thorough modifier of equipment, as opposed to someone out to pad their bottom line, because he realized that this free tweak was the most effective and critical improvement that he could make. Over the phone, he wouldn't tell me what this "crime" was, as he wanted to surprise me in person. Of course, he also upgraded the coupling caps, as well as the binding posts, input jack, and tubes. When I asked him what kind of performance gains his changes had wrought, he had no idea, as he never listened to the amps stock. In his opinion, there was just no point.
The thing is with the items for auction here, upgrading a part enabled the seller to fetch 75% more for the used item than what it listed for new. Interesting
In the situation I was alluding to, the component was "modded" in that the coupling caps were upgraded in these amplifiers. However, the number one issue the NEEDED to be corrected in this product was the fact that the power cabling is bundled with a lot of the other wiring in the amp. Sure, it makes for a cleaner presentation, and probably easier manufacturing, but the difference addressing the cable routing inside these amps overshadows a capacitor upgrade by several orders of magnitude.
My friend is a thorough modifier of equipment, as opposed to someone out to pad their bottom line, because he realized that this free tweak was the most effective and critical improvement that he could make. Over the phone, he wouldn't tell me what this "crime" was, as he wanted to surprise me in person. Of course, he also upgraded the coupling caps, as well as the binding posts, input jack, and tubes. When I asked him what kind of performance gains his changes had wrought, he had no idea, as he never listened to the amps stock. In his opinion, there was just no point.
The thing is with the items for auction here, upgrading a part enabled the seller to fetch 75% more for the used item than what it listed for new. Interesting