That's a fair question. The answer is that I never planned to mod the unit when I bought it. Then the power supply died. Meridian's replacement power supply sounded significantly worse, IMO. So I hired a modder to create a custom power supply. That was my first step onto the slippery slope. Soon I was asking him to replace the clock, the op amps, etc...

After I got the unit back from the modder, it developed a freezing problem, which was being caused by heat buildup. So I did some mods of my own to minimize heat. I discovered that the more circuits I removed from the unit, the better it sounded. So I wound up removing 5 cards, disconnecting the power button, and cutting out the blue LED's.

At the end of it all, I have what may be the most modded G68 in existence.

Bryon

iMac -> Sonos -> Empirical Audio reclocker -> G68 (modded) -> Pass Labs XA30.5 amp -> Focal 1027be speakers + JL Audio F113 sub. Pioneer Elite PRO 151FD 60" display.

G68 mods... Custom power supply, Audiocom Superclock 4, Rubycon capacitors, WBT Nextgen connectors, ultra low noise op amps, analog output buffer, DSPC c00044, Revelation One filter.