My Last CD player

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Modwright players such as the MW Sony 5400 Signature Truth, MW Oppo 2005 or any MW Sony players such as the 9100 or 9000.  Anything Dan Wright has modded was already a good player--his mods just made it near state of the art.  I have also swapped NOS Mullard  GZ34 rectifier tube, Sophia Electric Blue 6SN7 tubes in it to further improve the sound.  One can also add SR Orange or Blue fuses to do the same.  Adding some of Krissy's magic also makes a significant difference.  The Modwright players immediately show the improvement in SQ.

I picked up my first MW 9000 for $600 used, went to a 9100 later for a little more, and now have a 5400 fully loaded, with about all you can do with it.  The sound is the best of analog and CD together.  I WAS a digital hater until I heard the first MW player in my system.  Now, it's just a matter of which format has a better recording.  My analog setup sounds spectacular, and the digital is also great.  My analog is much more expensive the the digital source.  So for digital to be very close in sound is saying something.

Bob

@chilli42,

There was just listed a Modwright Sony 5400 Signature Truth CD/SACD player with all the upgrades on usaudiomart.  Very reasonable price.  You will find NO better player on any of the websites.  I have this player and the sound is better than you can even imagine.  This was Dan Wright's best player modified.  You had better look quick.  There have been very few of these full blown modded Sony's appearing and definitely not at this price.

Bob

@jafant 

MW stands behind their products even if you didn't buy from them. No company serves the customer better than MW.   Dan is very concerned about how his brand is viewed and his service shows it.  Dan replaced a 9100 that was causing me an issue in one channel occasionally with another unit, not the same unit, because the 9100 was no longer in production at MW, but with a 5400 at no extra charge because never had the problem show up in his system.  He wanted me to be happy with his product even though I never bought one from him, but bought used.  That is going WAY beyond what most any manufacturer would do.  I'll be a MW CD player man for life.  The 5400 Signature Truth was a brand new unit he sent me to replaced a well used 9100.  The 5400 is obviously much better sounding along with being brand new.  Who else does that for a customer that really never bought from him directly?  Whether he attacks a part or not from an out of production unit, he will make it right like the HGTV show.

Bob