Samsung Hd841 or Toshiba 4960 modifications

i'm waiting for a modded toshiba 4960 to return to me in the next week or so. feel free to contact me directly in a few weeks to get my impressions. the stock player smoothed out considerably during break-in, but is still decidedly untamed at the frequency extremes as well as having piss poor PRaT (but an IMPRESSSIVE amount of detail). these modded machines are by all accounts giant-killers, and those with machines that actually could kill a giant (if dropped from a suitable height) will likely stick with them for reasons of their own.

the bass tightens up and becomes much more articulate. wooly and untamed before mods. i have the toshiba (non-RAM modded).

i have to say that my modded toshiba, in addition to having excellent detail, bass response, and a much smoothed-yet-detailed treble, now shows superior timing and dynamic tension. listening to springsteen's "the ghost of tom joad" left me feeling genuinely unsettled after hearing several of the darker songs. a good sign.

i'd say that the ability to portray dynamic tension is a function of detail + PRaT on the part of the player, given a musical and coherent (esp in the midrange) system downstream. anyone else?

Tvad, if i used your formula, i wouldn't experience any tension whatsoever, dynamic or otherwise and someone would likely find me floating downstream.....

i have to say that i am *very* pleased with the sound of my modded toshiba with every disc i throw at it. i had a modded jolida jd100 with smooth-plate teles that i sold about a year ago or so, and as of now i don't miss it a bit. i think the outlay was about 4 times that for the toshiba. i put a paperback book with a 3# weight on top to ensure that the chassis is adequately damped. ymmv.