Hi Chazz, I believe Mbort is correct.
I've had mine for 5 yrs or so. It was my main player until I got a AA Cap MkII. I kept it for the sacd and extended back groung play time, also I always liked it. Enough audiophile qualities and a warm presentation always made it an enjoyable listen. Had to downgrade my system, so again it is my only player, and no thoughts to modify it; just curious if the warm presentation is because of a non-os dac design or what is the chip that makes it so. As far as mods, I understand that Rich Kern stopped doing them because they were being damaged during shipping and he tired of the hassle, and Paul at CRL still does an upgrade on them for about $500 which 2 people I've read said were good.
I finally sent an email to a Sony repair tech to see if I could get an answer, but as of yet no reply. I'll post any findings. Cheers, Ted
I've had mine for 5 yrs or so. It was my main player until I got a AA Cap MkII. I kept it for the sacd and extended back groung play time, also I always liked it. Enough audiophile qualities and a warm presentation always made it an enjoyable listen. Had to downgrade my system, so again it is my only player, and no thoughts to modify it; just curious if the warm presentation is because of a non-os dac design or what is the chip that makes it so. As far as mods, I understand that Rich Kern stopped doing them because they were being damaged during shipping and he tired of the hassle, and Paul at CRL still does an upgrade on them for about $500 which 2 people I've read said were good.
I finally sent an email to a Sony repair tech to see if I could get an answer, but as of yet no reply. I'll post any findings. Cheers, Ted