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In Reply to: Re: Finally, someone who makes sense! posted by Christine Tham on April 8, 2007 at 18:01:49:
"Well, dare I suggest that perception bias and the placebo effect is at work here."Of course you dare suggest it, but don't assume that it's definitely the case; it's a possibility and I've made plenty of posts myself warning of a sideways step when it comes to upgrading which may initially be mistaken for an improvement.
"After all, since he has already committed to paying for the mod, he's hardly in an objective frame of mind."
Well, in this instance he'd already had the clocks upgraded in other Marantz players (including the Marantz CD12 and DA12 combination)) so he had invaluable experience with both modded and unmodded players before committing to have the CD7 re-clocked, and it's logical that he was in a perfect position to determine if previously impressive results of re-clocking proved to be not so impressive after extended listening.
I should add that the mods to the player I bought are far more extensive than re-clocking and Trichord couldn't actually think of any more mods to perform apart from replacing the Marantz HDAMs which would have meant the player was effectively no longer a Marantz CD7.
"And since he was trying to sell the player to you (which you subsequently bought), of course it is in his interest to claim that there were substantial improvements, which increases the perceived value (and selling price) of the player."The price I paid was the going rate for a used, unmodified player so it wasn't really necessary for me to be convinced that the mods were beneficial, but I do have a healthy respect for Graham Fowler's work so was quite confident that improvements would have been made.
"Sorry to be so negative, but I'm trying to be a Devil's Advocate here."No problem, and if you'd made a similar post to mine it's quite likely I'd have been playing Devil's advocate myself, making the same observations you did. :0)
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
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