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Perpetual Technologies P1,P3, and Monolithic PS

What is the deal with all of these units on Audiogon? I have this setup, and it is by far the best D/A combo I have ever heard for anywhere near the price!! I used to work in the business, and we had a lot of high end gear. The differences between this combo and the high end CD players or DAC's is very miniscule. There are even posts up for all three with a price of $800! This is the bargain of the century! I am wondering if people are using inferior transports, cables, preamps, amplifiers, or what?? If anyone has these units for sale, or have sold these units, please let my know the reasoning.
troy10
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I also was not happy with a P1a that I bought used. I hooked it up with MSB Link Dac (to replace a DTI Pro). Yes I could hear tremendous detail but actually harsh sound, like jitter, and it changed the character of the Link Dac *completely*. From being dynamic and open sounding, the Link became very refined and buttoned-up sounding, not the sound that I like from music. But the worst was the subtle harsh undertone that gave me a headache after a while. A faulty unit? Could be...
tomryan
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I have PT P1&P3 (no Mono PS) and had the WrightMods done to the DAC. They are very revealing and transparent and the DAC can be a bit ruthless by itself. The WrightMods took away all etch, leaness, etc., and the DAC sounds so good it took me 2 weeks to plug the P1 back in after getting it from Dan Wright. It's worth the $450.00 for the complete mod - the new system beats three $2,000.00 - $3,500.00 current Cd players I borrowed to audition.
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pristine
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(1) Does anyone know the upgrade service in the market for P-1A or P-3A. I purchased Revelation CRYO-Cables for Power Supply & I2 months ago. It really helps. But is there any professional company offering upgrading services in the market??

(2)As I read the information that other Audiogon members mentioned there is a software called "SOCS Solution" for P-1A for sound enhancement. Does anyone know the details?
pardales
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I owned this Trio for 6 months. My P3A had been modded by Dan Wright and I had the speaker correction softwarre for my Thiel 2.3's. I ended up selling the lot because after several months of listening I just did not like it. On my system, in my room, with my ears, I just thought the wide variety of music I played sounded mechanical and fatiguing.

I had this experience recently hearing this trio on a friends system that was significantly better than mine. This is just my opinion based on my experience.
audioengr
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Pristine wrote:
"Does anyone know the upgrade service in the market for P-1A or P-3A. I purchased Revelation CRYO-Cables for Power Supply & I2 months ago. It really helps. But is there any professional company offering upgrading services in the market??"

You bet. Empirical Audio does a TurboMOD to the P-3A that makes it rival the Meitner for redbook playback. see details on Audiogon or at:
http://www.empiricalaudio.com
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