Originally Posted by WelwynNick
I subsequently bought a 95 modified by David Schulte, and that was much better over HDMI. He performs a lot of work to screen, filter and damp HF noise and interference within the player, and this pays dividends with digital outputs. HDMI is a rotton connection for digital audio IMHO, but the best players like this (or the Denon A1UD) can make it acceptable - close to spdif.

What kind of benefits do you hear? Am curious because I've gone the modding route a few times and have found the results to be a decidedly mixed bag.

My Kit: 861v8+ID41, 800v4, UHD722, MD600, MS600, MS200, Oppo BDP-203, Genesis 201, Genesis 350 SE, Genesis S4-8 Sub, BG 520i, VTL MB450 II, Krell Showcase 7, Genesis 928 Subs, Danley DTS10 sub, SVS Ultra 16 subs.