I am considering getting a level one upgrade by Fidelity Audio on my Ki Sig . Have any members had this done and what did you notice the difference was . I was Audiolab 8000a&p amplifiers and a pair of Monitor Audio BR5 speakers
lewis hurlin said:I am considering getting a level one upgrade by Fidelity Audio on my Ki Sig . Have any members had this done and what did you notice the difference was . I was Audio lab 8000a &p amplifiers and a pair of Monitor Audio BR5 speakers
Overdose said:lewis hurlin said:I am considering getting a level one upgrade by Fidelity Audio on my Ki Sig . Have any members had this done and what did you notice the difference was . I was Audio lab 8000a &p amplifiers and a pair of Monitor Audio BR5 speakers
The mod is £369, your CD player potentially worth in excess of £200.
For that sort of moeny you could buy an Audiolab 8200CD, OPPO BDP103 or Marantz SA7001, all new and with warranty and offer more than just CD playback.
BigH said:Overdose said:lewis hurlin said:I am considering getting a level one upgrade by Fidelity Audio on my Ki Sig . Have any members had this done and what did you notice the difference was . I was Audio lab 8000a &p amplifiers and a pair of Monitor Audio BR5 speakers
The mod is £369, your CD player potentially worth in excess of £200.
For that sort of moeny you could buy an Audiolab 8200CD, OPPO BDP103 or Marantz SA7001, all new and with warranty and offer more than just CD playback.
Do you mean the Audiolab 8200CD? Thought that was just a cd player and costs about £800?
lewis hurlin said:I would love to hear some opinions from people who have had this done before I decide . I am using the CD player with an rdac at the moment . I think the upgrade would improve things some what
BigH said:I think the difference in price between the 63SE and KI was £200 so i guess they can't upgrade everything. The upgrade cost does seem quite expensive. As one the other post someone is getting theirs upgraded so hopefully next week we will get an opinion however they are doing the level 3.
the record spot said:...and you'd be lucky to find a SA7001-KI kicking around. There's a few but nothing like as many as the CD63-KI.
Inter_Voice said:I have modded a CD63 KI using top of the grade components. Material alone costed me more than £600. When I compared the completed CDP with my Leema Antila II I can't believe that it can easily beat this £3000+ CDP. Eventually I sold the Antila II in the Bay and I am now using my modded CD63 KI.
If you can carry out the modding work youself I suggest you do it your own instead of using a third party modder.
There are 2000 pages of discussion in the following thread which my modding project is based:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital-source/54009-marantz-cd63-cd67-mods-list-1903.html
lewis hurlin said:Thanks for the tips. I will send it of to fidelity as not confident with a soldering iron. I want the level 1 upgrade plus changing phono sockets as stock ones are crap , which ones should I go for? Also mains cable too
MajorFubar said:lewis hurlin said:Thanks for the tips. I will send it of to fidelity as not confident with a soldering iron. I want the level 1 upgrade plus changing phono sockets as stock ones are crap , which ones should I go for? Also mains cable too
As per my question above...still wondering what improvement you think you're paying for if you intend to continue using the external DAC? I'm not having a pop, I'm trying to save you money...
MajorFubar said:lewis hurlin said:Thanks for the tips. I will send it of to fidelity as not confident with a soldering iron. I want the level 1 upgrade plus changing phono sockets as stock ones are crap , which ones should I go for? Also mains cable too
As per my question above...still wondering what improvement you think you're paying for if you intend to continue using the external DAC? I'm not having a pop, I'm trying to save you money...
Overdose said:the record spot said:...and you'd be lucky to find a SA7001-KI kicking around. There's a few but nothing like as many as the CD63-KI.
The bay had one this morning. Besides, it was more of an example of what more modern/newer equipment can be had for the money.
the record spot said:Overdose said:the record spot said:...and you'd be lucky to find a SA7001-KI kicking around. There's a few but nothing like as many as the CD63-KI.
The bay had one this morning. Besides, it was more of an example of what more modern/newer equipment can be had for the money.
Indeed, and there's two currently. One being the stock, non-KI model. There are currently 17 CD63-KI Mk II models on Ebay...!
lewis hurlin said:Thanks for the tips. I will send it of to fidelity as not confident with a soldering iron. I want the level 1 upgrade plus changing phono sockets as stock ones are crap , which ones should I go for? Also mains cable too
stefanom said:lewis hurlin said:Thanks for the tips. I will send it of to fidelity as not confident with a soldering iron. I want the level 1 upgrade plus changing phono sockets as stock ones are crap , which ones should I go for? Also mains cable too
Hi I replaced mine RCA sockets with Neutrik NYS367. Gold-plated and fit easily to the chassis.
You should mod your player, you won't regret it. I am in the process of modding my 15 year old CD63 KI. I have already swapped diodes and some critical capacitors in various stages. My player has taken a leap forward in performance. Next on agenda is replacing op-amps for much better ones and adding low jitter clock.