Modwright -Sony 5400 -week 4 Runin

Hello to all who have the Stock Sony xa-5400 sacd player .The Modwright Ultimate cdp I now have 450 hours on is stil getting better ,but now not as dramatic .This week even at the 400 hours mark the sound went bright for a 12 hours period .The front to back layering compared to last week has much more depth as well as soundstage size well over the boundaries of the speakers .I have heard the EMM labs as well as the playback design mp5 player,.I brought my Sony to a Audio get together all with the same respective equipment and there was not a clear winner, the Playback design has it's own special software and has exceptional
inner detail as well the Emm labs is very good and perhaps a little better than the Modwright Sony in that dept ,But the Modwright Sony has a seperate OTL power supply which has a lot to do with the outstanding control and articulation of the Bass which bettered both of the other players including a brief with the Esoteric o3-SE also the Sonys analog section is now 6as7 Vacuum tube based and the soundstage and front to back layering take a back seat to no one. I should mention I put Vintage Mullard 5ar4 Vacuum tubes in their as well as Sylvania 6as7s which are far better than the stock tubes .also I have the optional Nichicon Gold caps for the Power supply and Bybee purifiers , for an investment of less than $3700 to be in the same league as any player under $15k is a solid investment and testament to what can be done when most of the moneys go into the parts and not markup for the dealers !! p.s I will do a follow up in 30 days .