The Modwright mod completely rebuilds the output stage, so will certainly change the sound. I see no reason why it should not be possible to improve on the stock unit - IMO a valve output stage makes good sense.
The problem with mods for me is that lack of ability to test what it does. You send your TP off, it comes back in a few weeks - can you really remember the sound? Aren't you just so glad to get it back? There are very few ways of doing good testing, and very few instances of people posting such test results for others to see. But there's no point discussing that again - the religious nature of mods is not worth going over, let's consider what the OP wants, as far as possible. So the Modwright just adds an output stage for $2k. This seems expensive to me. Their mods to CD players often include all sorts of power supplies, expensive-sounding cables and stuff, as well as this output stage and come in at the same kinda price. Compare Patrick Dixon's SB+ (which I own). This also gives you a new output stage, but also reboxes the device and gives it new PSUs in a separate box too - for the same price, which includes the 'donor' SB3. I suspect that the price is what it is because people expect to pay that sort of amount for TP mods. But I've not heard it... Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) SB+, EAR 859, Living Voice Auditorium II plus some other stuff SB3, Shek d2, Ming-Da MC84-C, Harbeth HL-P3ES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38106 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
