My heavily modded Philips 963SA was acting up so I just pulled the trigger on the Music Hall CD25.2 player that PartsConnexion had in their autumn sale for $499.00 w/free shipping

It has their level 1 mods:

RCA jacks upgraded to Vampire

Feet upgraded to sorbothane

Chassis deadening

Cap and resistors in output stage upgraded to audiophile level

Output op-amps upgraded to OPA-627

Diodes and caps in PSU upgraded as well.

Will post pics when it arrives

Aren't you going to suggest the Audio Aero mod?

I'm hoping that this post actually came from Steve (sbelyo) who is, in acutality, a good guy. It reads a little weird so it remains to be seen whether or not this is legit.

I'm hoping that this post actually came from Steve (sbelyo) who is, in acutality, a good guy. It reads a little weird so it remains to be seen whether or not this is legit.

Yeah, it's me. I never did get around to finishing the CD-Pro2M transport from diyhifi.net so I had to buy this in the mean time

Aren't you going to suggest the Audio Aero mod?

Do I want to ask what this is, or will I be hazed again?

Do I want to ask what this is, or will I be hazed again?

The answer to both parts is "Yes".

It's exactly what it sounds like -- a mod to turn your machine into an Audio Aero. The steps are exactly what you think they are -- sell the Music Hall, buy an Audio Aero. It's a pretty significant upgrade.

The answer to both parts is "Yes".

I figured that

Hilarious. And congrats on the new CD player, Steve.

Do you intend to modify it further? I run a stock Arcam FMJ CD36 and I'm leery of the hyperbolic claims modders make.

Edited October 17, 201213 yr by HiWire

I dont think I'm gonna touch it for a while. It has the same opamps and output caps as my old player so with the added upgrades on top of that I'm thinkng it should be ok for a while.

If I did, it would be a clock upgrade with seperate PSU. Plus I have to finish my Dynahi Ver. 2.0

There is a point of chasing the white rabbit so to say. So if your ears are happy then let it be until there's nothing left to upgrade

Edited October 18, 201213 yr by sbelyo

It's exactly what it sounds like -- a mod to turn your machine into an Audio Aero. The steps are exactly what you think they are -- sell the Music Hall, buy an Audio Aero. It's a pretty significant upgrade.

lol

I just started reading Modding the Music Hall CD25.2 CD Player from AudioXPress... sounds like a fun project.

Thats a good read... essentialy that's what pcx has done already. It's supposed to arrive tomorrow so I'll try and get some pics asap

Here are the pics