sbelyo Posted October 16, 2012 Report Posted October 16, 2012 My heavily modded Philips 963SA was acting up so I just pulled the trigger on the Music Hall CD25.2 player that PartsConnexion had in their autumn sale for $499.00 w/free shipping It has their level 1 mods: RCA jacks upgraded to Vampire Feet upgraded to sorbothane Chassis deadening Cap and resistors in output stage upgraded to audiophile level Output op-amps upgraded to OPA-627 Diodes and caps in PSU upgraded as well. Will post pics when it arrives Quote
jvlgato Posted October 16, 2012 Report Posted October 16, 2012 Aren't you going to suggest the Audio Aero mod? Quote
n_maher Posted October 16, 2012 Report Posted October 16, 2012 I'm hoping that this post actually came from Steve (sbelyo) who is, in acutality, a good guy. It reads a little weird so it remains to be seen whether or not this is legit. Quote
sbelyo Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Posted October 16, 2012 I'm hoping that this post actually came from Steve (sbelyo) who is, in acutality, a good guy. It reads a little weird so it remains to be seen whether or not this is legit. Yeah, it's me. I never did get around to finishing the CD-Pro2M transport from diyhifi.net so I had to buy this in the mean time Quote
sbelyo Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Posted October 16, 2012 Aren't you going to suggest the Audio Aero mod? Do I want to ask what this is, or will I be hazed again? 1 Quote
morphsci Posted October 16, 2012 Report Posted October 16, 2012 Do I want to ask what this is, or will I be hazed again? The answer to both parts is "Yes". 1 Quote
Dusty Chalk Posted October 16, 2012 Report Posted October 16, 2012 It's exactly what it sounds like -- a mod to turn your machine into an Audio Aero. The steps are exactly what you think they are -- sell the Music Hall, buy an Audio Aero. It's a pretty significant upgrade. Quote
sbelyo Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Posted October 16, 2012 The answer to both parts is "Yes". I figured that Quote
HiWire Posted October 17, 2012 Report Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) Hilarious. And congrats on the new CD player, Steve. Do you intend to modify it further? I run a stock Arcam FMJ CD36 and I'm leery of the hyperbolic claims modders make. Edited October 17, 2012 by HiWire Quote
sbelyo Posted October 18, 2012 Author Report Posted October 18, 2012 (edited) I dont think I'm gonna touch it for a while. It has the same opamps and output caps as my old player so with the added upgrades on top of that I'm thinkng it should be ok for a while. If I did, it would be a clock upgrade with seperate PSU. Plus I have to finish my Dynahi Ver. 2.0 There is a point of chasing the white rabbit so to say. So if your ears are happy then let it be until there's nothing left to upgrade Edited October 18, 2012 by sbelyo 1 Quote
aardvark baguette Posted October 18, 2012 Report Posted October 18, 2012 It's exactly what it sounds like -- a mod to turn your machine into an Audio Aero. The steps are exactly what you think they are -- sell the Music Hall, buy an Audio Aero. It's a pretty significant upgrade. lol Quote
HiWire Posted October 18, 2012 Report Posted October 18, 2012 I just started reading Modding the Music Hall CD25.2 CD Player from AudioXPress... sounds like a fun project. Quote
sbelyo Posted October 18, 2012 Author Report Posted October 18, 2012 Thats a good read... essentialy that's what pcx has done already. It's supposed to arrive tomorrow so I'll try and get some pics asap Quote
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