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In Reply to: Re: VSEI 5+ mods posted by Stang on April 15, 2007 at 11:18:39:
on the changes it brought about for both redbook and SACD playback?Many thanks in advance....
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Well, the stock player fell into the category of "pretty good, but maybe I'll opt for something better later."The L5 mod creates more like a "pry it out of my cold dead hands" kind of reaction.
While this and that improved, the main effect was stripping away level upon level of whatever it is that keeps the minute detail of a recording from making itself apparent. In a nutshell, things sound a lot more real. Even RBCDs can sound plausibly like the master tape, if not the actual performance.
Going from L5 to L5+ shouldn't have any effect on the RBCD performance. I am trying to work a trip to greater Schaffhausen into my schedule for that surgery.
As for break in, things were still improving (in lurches) 6 months after the mod. So think what you have to look forward to.
[nt]
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So far I hear much more detail in the music (almost to the point of being scary. Bass has varied from almost non existent to very strong and powerful. I have also noticed that each instrument is very prominent in it's own space in the sound stage. I still have a long way to go before I hear the full effect of the 5+. I had the level 2 mod and have moved up to the 5+. I will say that I love what the VSEI mods do for the SCD-1.
[nt]
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You're welcome to audition my if you're close to Southern Cal. area
I think the stock SCD-1 is pretty good, definitely a step up from my previous Theta Miles in terms of detail retrieval and soundstaging, but agree with others that the sound leans a bit to the dry/analytical side. I wouldn't want to do the mods unless they provided a bit more musicality.Slowhand, I'd love to hear your reports as the player burns in....
Cheers....
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