"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:


All well and good Trevor, but like Andy says: 'why'...???

Don't see the point of buying a perfectly adequate budget player in the
first place and then spending *more* money on it.....???


No, I just don't see the sense in that at all, if it makes it perform
better then why not spend more money on it?


OK, how about 'If you wanted something that sounded *better*, why buy it in
the first place?' then...??? :-)



I think even the most sceptical here would agree that cheap electrolytic
caps leave a lot to be desired, and replacing them in the output stage
with caps that have measurably better performance.


Only if the cheap caps are poor quality and don't do the job properly. I'm
not sure that, even building down to a budget, Pioneer would actually use
*crappy* caps....???


Using that logic Keith, do you want to swap the cerafine in your amp for a
standard RS cap? I will even offer you a tenner for your trouble swaping
it over.


A *whole* tenner? (To myself? - I wouldn't have to share it with anybody?
:-)

Of course the question is would a 'standard' cap really make any
difference??



I have heard a standard 575 and one with the sort of mods Trevor has
mentioned and I would suggest its £40 well spent.


Well, OK. AFAIAC the jury's out on 'audiophile upgrades' - I've not been in
a position to make comparisons myself so I just don't know. If you say those
mods made a positive difference then that's good enough for me. Whether I
could tell myself though, I've no idea...

I suppose it comes down to the money - if you *can* make one sound 'better'
for that little money I guess it would be worth the effort and expense. My
argument is that they sound plenty good enough to me straight out of the
box. Asitappens, I don't use mine (ours) for music anyway- we use it to
watch movies and it's excellent!! The sound is brilliant, picture quality is
superb (again, 'plenty good enough') and it does well with 'iffy' discs!!

What more could you want for so little money (in real terms)...???