Re: Marantz CD-67SE Mods - Frank25 - Digital Drive

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Re: Marantz CD-67SE Mods

In Reply to: Marantz CD-67SE Mods posted by billanichols on June 26, 2006 at 19:56:20:

The cost depends on what kind of mods you plan on doing. Simply a parts upgrade can cost as little as a few dollars, if you get more complex you can spend much more. Try some simple mods first, I found the following to make a nice imporvement for little money.
1. PSU upgrades
-replace 470uf psu caps with 1000uf bypassed with small film cap
-replace diodes with Schottkys
-replace caps after voltage regulators with larger and better quality caps bypass with film cap
-if you want to go the next step upgrade the dac and analog stage regulators with super regs.
2. DAC+Analog section
-upgrade opamp with better quality BB2604 or similar
-u basically want to replace all the cheap stock electrolytic caps with better quality ones and bypass with film cap
-if you have the money get an upgrade clock like the Qwak clock, Audiocom super clock...etc
3. Mechanical
-Add some damping to the transport and the top case, blu tack works well
-Add you favorite cones or feet to replace the useless stock ones
- Build yourself a DIY sandbox or air bladder shelf for the cd player
These are just some ideas, there are a ton of articles onnnline about upgrading these players. Check TNT audio they have a step by step cd63/67 upgrade article, also search the asylum theres plenty of posts about this subject. The CD67se is a great player for the money in stock form, with a few well placed upgrades you can realy make it great for not much money. There are plenty of these players on the used market for under $200, even if you spent another $100 on mods u still have a very inexpensive and good sounding player. Im actually looking to buy one right now, i owned one a few years ago and it was taken when my home was burglarized:( Good luck

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Topic - Marantz CD-67SE Mods - billanichols 19:56:20 06/26/06 (13)

Re: Marantz CD-67SE Mods - billanichols 15:53:21 06/28/06 (0)

Re: Marantz CD-67SE Mods - Zombie 00:15:49 06/28/06 (0)

Re: Marantz CD-67SE Mods - JANDG 15:45:15 06/27/06 (0)

Re: Marantz CD-67SE Mods - Frank25 06/27/0609:19:30 06/27/06 (0)

It's a good old player as is - Frihed89 04:52:51 06/27/06 (8)

Re: It's a good old player as is - Baki 02:38:07 06/30/06 (0)

Mod away. My CD67SE sounded 2 dimensional and polite. - ppopp 08:13:15 06/27/06 (1)

Thanks - Frihed89 00:45:12 06/28/06 (0)

Re: It's a good old player as is - billanichols 06:18:15 06/27/06 (4)

Re: It's a good old player as is - l2sasm 07:34:31 06/27/06 (3)

Re: It's a good old player as is - Frank25 09:27:29 06/27/06 (2)

Nope - Frihed89 00:50:59 06/28/06 (1)

Re: Nope - Frank25 14:46:38 06/30/06 (0)

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Re: Marantz CD-67SE Mods - Frank25 06/27/0609:19:30 06/27/06 (0)

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