Hi Fig88,
Well, in your case the best result is obtained by a quite extended upgrade. I mean the full upgrade of the digital section, and also a full upgrade of the analogue section. The use of USB in for digital signals from PC it may offer a better quality, than coax. For further and more details, please see your PM.
Well, in your case the best result is obtained by a quite extended upgrade. I mean the full upgrade of the digital section, and also a full upgrade of the analogue section. The use of USB in for digital signals from PC it may offer a better quality, than coax. For further and more details, please see your PM.
Hi everyone!
I would like to share my experience upgrading my 203 with Coris. As you know he is the one offering the 203 upgrades on this forum. I requested the upgrade info and after some chat with Coris I decided to go for it. I opted for full upgrade including LPS, clock board, cooling upgrades, etc. I also purchased I2S board from oppomod.com and sent it together with my player to Coris to be installed together with his upgrades.
I took a while since I travelled for almost a month, but after returning from my trip, I received back my player within a few days. I am attaching photo of my player internals after Coris's work. He did great and I like his work.
But the most impressive part of all this story is a sound! The original player was quite ok, although nothing to write home about. I heard better or equal sounding ones for far less money. But after the upgrades I was astounded to hear things in CDs from my collection that I have never heard 🙂. That was surprising, but the biggest surprise came from I2S board which when connected to the external DAC gave great clarity without sounding clinical if you know what I mean. Music just "opened up". I am no hifi reviewer therefore my categories are simple - either I like the music from any given system or I don't 🙂. I should admit that was the best result for the money spent on a player.
Coris comes highly recommended.
Enjoy the attached photos.
I would like to share my experience upgrading my 203 with Coris. As you know he is the one offering the 203 upgrades on this forum. I requested the upgrade info and after some chat with Coris I decided to go for it. I opted for full upgrade including LPS, clock board, cooling upgrades, etc. I also purchased I2S board from oppomod.com and sent it together with my player to Coris to be installed together with his upgrades.
I took a while since I travelled for almost a month, but after returning from my trip, I received back my player within a few days. I am attaching photo of my player internals after Coris's work. He did great and I like his work.
But the most impressive part of all this story is a sound! The original player was quite ok, although nothing to write home about. I heard better or equal sounding ones for far less money. But after the upgrades I was astounded to hear things in CDs from my collection that I have never heard 🙂. That was surprising, but the biggest surprise came from I2S board which when connected to the external DAC gave great clarity without sounding clinical if you know what I mean. Music just "opened up". I am no hifi reviewer therefore my categories are simple - either I like the music from any given system or I don't 🙂. I should admit that was the best result for the money spent on a player.
Coris comes highly recommended.
Enjoy the attached photos.
Thinking about changing out all of the output op amps in my UDP-205. Currently using only the balanced cables but I thought I'd do them all while I'm at it.
Recommendations?
Recommendations?