rbroer said:
Few years ago I've modded a 971 for a friend.
Put an LCaudio clock in,
LM6172 opamps,
replaced tre coupling caps with film caps,
We both like the player.
Months later we replaced the PCM63's with K grade, but that was a minor improvement IMHO.
I have the same experience/oppinion.
I had very good results even with cheap and old cd players with a well modded analog stage (I also love the LM6172

) and, if possible, a good clock.
I have a very old Telefunken

CDP on my fourth

system.
That CDP was given to me.
Inside it's all Sony.
16bit dac, 4x OS.
Really old, Led dispay.
Some people would cry if they listened to it.
OPA2132 (well bypassed!) replaced the nasty JRC op-amps.
Some new electolythics (nothing expensive) and that's it.
A new clock would be overkill here.
But it sounds very good to me, even as it is.
I have an LC clock on my Yamaha CDP I use as a transport.
