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Wadia 170iTransport - To mod, or not to mod?

It's been about a year now with my iTransport so I thought it was time to research mods and get opinions, recommendations.

I became interested after recently seeing the CIAudio VDC 9.0 power supply. Would this make a difference though since I plug mine into a Walker VelocitorS already? It's almost the price of the iTransport too. Plus it would require another power cord.

I'm sure there's various internal parts that would benefit, but the only other mod I had considered was upgrading the SPDIF RCA jack to a WBT NextGen Ag. I wonder if Wadia has made any changes since mine?
sakahara
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bombaywalla
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I posted this tear-down thread from computeraudiophile.com that Usarmyvet91 is referring to in the other 'msb ilink vs. Wadia 170 ipd dock' thread. I'll post it again here for the benefit others:

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Teardown-Wadia-iTransport#comment-7413
usblues
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The guy at ASI is a good tech but a poor businessman.Naturally YMMV,Bob
usarmyvet91
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Bombaywalla thx for the info. computeraudiophile is a good site for the latest in computer audio info.
nrostov
199 posts
 
UsBlues,

I have had nothing but good experiences with Doug at ASi. In what way is he a poor businessman?
usarmyvet91
83 posts
 
Nrostov i should't have said i think asi mods are a rip off because i have not listen to their mods however people that i have spoken to in the audio business tell me that putting any kind of clocks really don't work. I guess the only way to find out is when you get your back.
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