Sony s7700 mods by Empirical Audio.

I've done IEC installs on 7700's for customers that requested them for $100. I dont recommend it because I dont believe it makes much difference. Maybe it will with your power cord however.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
Manufacturer/modder

The 7000 and the 7700 are pretty much identical transports with EA mods.

Yes, I have driven a modified BC DAC2 with the modded Sony 7700. The Sony sounds good with any DAC. The modded DAC2 is certainly better than a stock DAC2, but not my cup of tea. I prefer the Benchmark and the Perpetual P-3A to it. The Sony with a duplicated CD inside is really very low jitter, almost as low as computer-driven. Stock CD's have a lot of jitter in them, so I recommend duping them to CD-R.