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latest VSE clock mod (level7?)-an appreciation
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Posted on November 9, 2008 at 17:20:01 | ||
A month or two back I installed the latest modification to my Sony 940 player from the fertile minds of Jo Rasmussen and Allen Wright. Joe calls this the "terra firma mod" and I supect Allen will call it "level 7". In rough terms the modification involves an innovative new power supply to power the VCXO in the machines modified by Joe and VSE. I have my self installed every mod VSE have come up with for my machine and each time it has made an appreciable and sonically worthwhile improvement, not just a difference. This time I believe the mod is a breakthrough in digital sound, at least for me. Those who have heard the level 6 modified VSE machines will know they are great but I have to tell them that they haven't heard anything yet! There is an improvement in definition across the entire spectrum but while this sonic improvement is important , what is more important is how the machine loses the last vestiges of what I can only describe as a "mechanical" presentation, which I have heard in every single disc player I have heard until now, and replaces that with ease. Music simply breathes; expands and contracts in volume without strain, is achingly pure yet full bodied. I am now hearing more than ever but without any sense of etching or overemphasis of detail. SACD's on this machine fulfil the promise of the medium, and surpass what I had thought possible. Rob. |