7-26-2018:
The modded 205 is being shipped and customers are loving it. Please see a couple of comments on the bottom of the page.
Here are the options:
Balanced mod (includes single ended, as well)........$1300
Additonal mod:
Custom made linear power supply replacement of switching supply.......$300 installed.
This mod is not sold separately and cannot be installed by anyone else but me (hardwired, etc.).
Example: all out balanced is $1300 plus $300 = $1600
All prices plus return shipping.
5-6-2018:
This thing is outrageous. Better than my modded Oppo 103D with all mods as transport and super modified IFI Spdif Ipurifier and custom coax going into all out modded Sonica.
Two pics above: latest fully balanced discrete class A output stage, modified discrete regulators, modded Wima caps, damping, hand made bare Grade 1 Cardas copper in cotton wires in sonically best direction, custom muting circuit, etc. Hour and hours of hand made tweakiness! Seriously great sound!
Above: damping of main processor heatsink and removal of toslink connector
Above: all steel hardware removed from transformer and mounted on wood away from chassis.
Above: blacking of tray and around laser assembly, damping of disc clamp holder and damping of disc clamp using constrained layer damping material.
Above: blacking of underside of disc clamp holder and top cover.
Hi Ric,
I finally got a chance to listen to the UPD 205, and I really can’t believe how good it sounds.
Listening to standard definition sounds leagues above high res on the moded Sonica.
I can’t believe all of the detail I’ve been missing, and how truly amazing my system sounds.
Once again- thank you for all your hard in making this unit the best it can be.
All the best,
Drew
6-20-2018
: Just got the following email from someone who got the Super Single Ended basic mod ($1000):
Hi Ric,
I had the house to myself today which resulted in the best listening experience I believe I have ever had. I listened to the Oppo yesterday and it was a little better than lat week. Over night it really blossomed. Maybe even a little more detail than yesterday but the thinness and any sharpness I would say are gone gone now. Thinness definitely all gone. Some slight sharpness here and there but only on a few tracks that are definitely a little hot. I would describe the sound now as very full, warm yet very very detailed, extremely coherent with layered sound within a large detailed soundstage ( wide, deep and high) _. I would already give this player 9 out of 10 ( I am very picky too). I would bet it will improve a little more with further breakin. I am very happy with the EVS Oppo 205 mod. It's about what I hoped for and actually expected it to be. I have decided to wait another week before I treat my interconnects and power cords with the TC contact enhancer. I want to give it a chance to bloom a little more if it will. This player is way above my friends Modwright Sony XA SCD5400 ES with its Bybee rails and everything.
Thanks,
Scott
7-23-2018:
Email received from customer who sent in his stock 205 and got the SSE mod and the linear power supply ($1300 total)
Above: Custom made linear power supply replacement for stock switching supply.
Above: Custom linear supply installed in 205......new power supply is hardwired on the output (no connector for best sound).
Pics above and below show two finished balanced output stages ready to be installed. 16 modded wima caps, quad and double paralleled surface mount resistors, hand made wires.......hours and hours of work......Who would do such a thing?.......and at 70 years old?.....this guy must be nuts!
EVS mod versus Modwright mod.....see this:
10-20-2021:
Sale: 40% off
on one all out mod for your Oppo 205.....$960 plus shipping. One only......
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