"Hot Rod" Oppos...

Ricardo
Ricardo Posts: 10,636
edited January 2007 in Electronics
It didn't take long....you can take your great cheap player into a...hot rod

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cl.pl?homevdeo&1174329448
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  • TennesseeOutlaw
    TennesseeOutlaw Posts: 414
    edited January 2007
    Well hell!! There goes my $250.00 purchase out the damn window!! I love this site, but at times, I wish I didnt knew it even existed!
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2007
    What? They want $300 for the following:

    • Basic power supply upgrade. This includes hyperfast, soft-recovery diodes to help quiet the power supply and give it quicker response time.
    • Opamp upgrade. We replace the cheap opamps with high-quality parts to make this unit sound even better.
    • Furutech IEC. We replace the stock IEC with a much higher-quality Furutech rhodium plated IEC for better power transfer at the interface.
    • We dampen and shield the chassis with Verastarr Starrdamp copper shielding material
    .

    That's about $30 (or less) worth of supplies. That means about $270 for labor. Let's say labor costs are $60/hour. This equals 4.5 hours!!! Surely, it don't take that long. An hour tops. Once they add the IEC, you'll need to buy a power cord and add shipping costs to & fro. Geez.

    I don't know why anyone would even consider spending 2x or 3x the retail price of the DVD player for minor upgrades such as these. Besides, the player will be outdated soon when prices for HD-DVD start dropping.

    If you can solder, this might be an easy DIYer.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited January 2007
    I got my Jolida JD-100 modified here, mainly because the price was to good to pass up. When I purchased it it was $910 with free shipping for the basic mods, and still covered under the 18 month warranty (i verified with Jolida on this).

    This does seem pricey since with mine they did about the same amount of work, upgraded diodes, dampening, upgraded rcas, upgraded tubes, and upgraded wiring...all for $10 over regular price. Not to shabby for $10.

    Many other brands do these type mods to, such as reference audio mods or Ric over at EVS as well as Bolder and I am sure Underwood will begin soon enough.

    Jared
    The Basement HT
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2007
    Early B. wrote:
    I don't know why anyone would even consider spending 2x or 3x the retail price of the DVD player for minor upgrades such as these. Besides, the player will be outdated soon when prices for HD-DVD start

    Agree...though I bet you many will go for it :rolleyes:

    I think the point here is also to show how popular the oppo has become...probably not long before others like Underwood start modding them; looks like a business opportunity to me...hell, if there are people willing to pay for it, I'd do it.
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited January 2007
    HTrookie wrote:
    Agree...though I bet you many will go for it :rolleyes:

    I think the point here is also to show how popular the oppo has become...probably not long before others like Underwood start modding them; looks like a business opportunity to me...hell, if there are people willing to pay for it, I'd do it.
    What would be the benefit? The reason the Oppo is popular is that it offers outstanding PQ and very decent SQ for a couple of hundred bucks. Upgrading power supplies, diodes, resistors, etc. might make it more bullet proof, but I can't see it improving performance enough to justify the cost.

    Combo rig:

    Onkyo NR1007 pre-pro, Carver TFM 45(fronts), Carver TFM 35 (surrounds)
    SDA 1C, CS400i, SDA 2B
    PB13Ultra RO
    BW Silvers
    Oppo BDP-83SE
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited January 2007
    I would consider paying that money, if they could get it to handshake with my Mit CRT RPTV.

    Wha a bummer it was when it came in and I found out it didnt work.
    Monitor 7b's front
    Monitor 4's surround
    Frankinpolk Center (2 mw6503's with peerless tweeter)
    M10's back surround
    Hafler-200 driving patio Daytons
    Tempest-X 15" DIY sub w/ Rythmik 350A plate amp
    Dayton 12" DVC w/ Rythmik 350a plate amp
    Harman/Kardon AVR-635
    Oppo 981hd
    Denon upconvert DVD player
    Jennings Research (vintage and rare)
    Mit RPTV WS-55513
    Tosh HD-XA1
    B&K AV5000


    Dont BAN me Bro!!!!:eek:
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2007
    Ron Temple wrote:
    What would be the benefit? The reason the Oppo is popular is that it offers outstanding PQ and very decent SQ for a couple of hundred bucks. Upgrading power supplies, diodes, resistors, etc. might make it more bullet proof, but I can't see it improving performance enough to justify the cost.

    I agree with this; the benefit is to whoever offers these mods, and finds people that are willing to pay for it.;)
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited January 2007
    I think they've been doing this for a while now...
    Word got around that the Oppo was a diamond in the rough for two-channel playback and now people are taking advantage of its reputation.

    I gotta admit. I was fairly shocked at how good the 970 sounded when used as a source. I'm not at all surprised that people would try to build on this.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2007
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    I think they've been doing this for a while now...
    Word got around that the Oppo was a diamond in the rough for two-channel playback and now people are taking advantage of its reputation.

    Let's face it -- it's a great DVD player, but for $150 - $200 retail, don't expect high quality components. With the money needed to turn the Oppo into a high quality CD player, you could buy a nice CD player instead.

    I'm a firm believer in mods, but it's gotta be practical, both in terms of cost and value; otherwise, it is senseless.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited January 2007
    I agree...
    its audio playback was just icing on the cake. No need to continue to beat that horse, as there might not be much left in the tank.

    Best served to put that money toward a better source.

    Like a Bada:D
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited January 2007
    jakelm wrote:
    I would consider paying that money, if they could get it to handshake with my Mit CRT RPTV.

    Wha a bummer it was when it came in and I found out it didnt work.

    Were you ever able to determine if you just had a defective player or was it incompatible with your TV?

    I'm using the Oppo 971 with great results on my Mits WS48315 CRT RPTV..just curious.
    2 Channel:
    Amp/Parasound Halo A23
    Pre/Carver C-1
    Tuner/Carver TX-11a
    CDP/Jolida JD 100A
    Turntable/AR XB-Shure V15 III
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  • Gaara
    Gaara Posts: 2,415
    edited January 2007
    Always have and always will. Before this the Toshiba (3960?) was the hot unit to mod, as well as the Samsung (841?), Pioneer 563, and I recall a Panasonic as well before all of these. On the upper end popular models are the Denon players like the 3930 and the 5910, used to be the 5900 and 2900, as well as the Pioneer Elite DV-47ai was a popular one, along with the older 45a.
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  • szhleppy
    szhleppy Posts: 320
    edited January 2007
    $300 in mods to Oppo? That's funny. Although as I've sat here typing, the idea has gone from ridulous to....wait, where do I ship this thing to again? You guys are bad news. I'm banning myself from this forum.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited January 2007
    I don't know anything about Hot Rod, but I have two DVD players who went through mods, and I've been extremely happy with them. I would have gone and send my Oppo too had I not have too many modded players as is.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • louthewiz
    louthewiz Posts: 581
    edited January 2007
    Damn!
    For that much money then I would get an hd-dvd player.
    My gear,
    Acer PH530 720P PJ
    100 inch Da-Lite Video Spectra screen
    Yamaha HTR 5790
    Toshiba HD-A3
    Denon 1600 dvd player with sdi out,
    DVDO iSCAN HD+
    Panasonic Dmr E-80H
    Dishnetwork HD pvr
    1 Audiosource amp300 150 wpc Fronts
    1 Audiosource ampone bridged 200 watts powering center
    1 Onkyo M-282 105 wpc amplifier sides
    polk cs400 center
    polk RT400 mains
    Polk mkII back surrounds,
    Polk FX300fxi dipole surrounds
    Velodyne DPS-10 sub
    Klipsch KSW-10 sub.:cool:
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited January 2007
    i believe there is one shop offering $800.00 in mods for the oppos il'l see if i can find the link. REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited January 2007
    there is one shop charging $625.00 for there mods to the oppos. http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlplay&1171661291 or you can buy a modded oppo for $800.00 REGARDS SNOW
    Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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