Effective_audio 0 Report post Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) Dear customers and Friends, Latest Updates on players and customer comments can be found at the bottom of this link. Ultima Clock V2 Dedicated Clock Power Supply The Ultima Clock+dedicated Power Supply designed by me has been gathering a lot of good feedback in Singapore. It has compared very well with other DIY clock system overseas that cost much much more and yet to my surprise, does not include a dedicated power supply, or that the dedicated clock power supply will be extras. The dedicated Power supply, besides giving the clock module a lower noise PSU to operate, also isolates the digital noise of the clock module back into the system. Some examples for overseas clock modules for DIY Applications. http://www.newclassd.com/index.php?page=33 http://www.audiocominternational.com/ultra...k-mk2-p-42.html Now in V4 status (the above shows V2 version). It features an even lower noise Ultima Voltage Regulator and an custom tuned Oscillator Module (1ppm, 1ps rms jitter). EA Ultima Clock + Dedicated Power Supply : SGD$400 (exclude installation). I specialize in the upgrading and modifications of all Digital Sources. These includes CD Players / SACD Players / Digital-Analog Converters (DAC) / BD Players / DVD Players / NAS. DON'T MISS! Burson Clock Promotion $195 (Best Value for Money) http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.ph...40482#msg740482 EA Ultima Clock + Dedicated Power Supply Promotion $390 (Best Ultimate Performance!): http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.ph...47988#msg647988 Other Mod Jobs like component / circuit changes / Installation of extra power supplies/Super Low noise Voltage Regulators can be done. Cost will be dependent on the complexity of the Job as well as the component used. Please contact me for more infos. Typically $50 and above. Current Service Promotions: NEW : Marantz CD Player / SACD Player Promotion 10% off!! : Samples of Marantz Player Done: http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.ph...20224#msg620224 Cambridge Audio Player / DAC Promotion 10% off!: Samples of Cambridge Audio Players Done : http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.ph...37186#msg737186 Other Samples of Jobs Done: DAC / USB / CAS: http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=97613.0 Esoteric SACD Players/DACs : http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.ph...35654#msg735654 OPPO / Pioneer / Denon / Philips BD / DVD Players : http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.ph...51338#msg751338 Marantz Players : http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.ph...20224#msg620224 Cambridge Audio Players / DAC : http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.ph...37186#msg737186 Reviews from Customer who have used my services are below this thread. http://www.xtremeplace.com/yabbse/index.ph...51343#msg751343 Others Links of Reviews for Reference: http://www.effectiveaudiomod.com/upgrades_mods_main.shtml http://effectiveaudiomod.com/index_services.htm Thanks! James www.effectiveaudiomod.com email : sales@effectiveaudiomod.com tel : 9694 9704 Updates for 16 Feb : Consonance Droplet CDP-5, upgraded with Ultima clock, mundorf Caps / Circuit upgrades: EAR Acute CD Player with ultima clock and ultima super regulator for DAC stage. Marantz SA7001, with ultima clock, component changes and circuit modifications. Customer feedback: The SA7001 Set is performing well after your mods. Noticeably bass, imaging and clarity of details has improved. Thanks! Marantz CD74 with ultima clock, burson voltage regulators, component changes and circuit modifications. Customer feedback: The Marantz CD74 sounded fantastic after the mods! The tonality is just right with a full body vocal. Thank you for your efforts. Marantz CD40 with Ultima Clock and component changes / circuit modifications. Corda Stage DAC with Ultima Clock: Customer's feedback: The DAC is good after the upgrade. It is much better than last time. Thanks! Dantax CD Player with Ultima Clock and component changes / circuit modifications: Denon DCD S10 with ultima Clock and mods to digital output. For transport duties. Customer feedback: Thanks for the Mods! The sound did improved and I am very pleased with it. It sounded more detailed and there is clarity in every note that is being played thru the player. Even blacker than I initially thought with background noise totally eliminated. Will send in my other components to mod. Thanks! Esoteric X01 with ultima clock. For transport duties. Customer feedback: After the Ultima Clock upgrade on my X-01, I can hear much more details and separation on my X-01. The soundstage has improved as well. The sound is much more analog. thanks! Thats all for now. More will come later! Thanks! James Edited February 17, 2012 by Effective_audio Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Effective_audio 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2012 2nd date with more players! Marantz SA11 with ultima clock and full mods Esoteric SA50 with Ultima clock and full mods with burson opamps / separate Transformers. Marantz SA15 with ultima clock and full mods: Customer feedback: Hi James, Happy Chinese New Year to your family and you. As I promise to give you me feedback on the modded Marantz SA-15S2 done by you. After tens of hours of run in I managed to have actual time to sit down for serious listening. The first CD I popped in is from Zee Avi’s ghostbird album. The first impression was that the separation of each individual instrument were well presented with spacing among each other nicely layout. Secondly the layering of the whole spectrum of the music were well staged. After further listening I found some unfound musical notes that were not so obvious previously now popping up. Wow…the feeling is so nice, especially on those low notes. Moreover, the entire presence of the bass section become more compact and robust, even in low volume listening. Lastly the vocal of the singer become more emotionally attached to the song due to the improvement of the separation and layering of the whole spectrum. I will highly recommend any mate to try out the full mod before deciding on the next purchase. Definitely you will find something you have previously missed on your existing player. Thanks! ------------ Bryston CD Player with Ultima clock and full Mods: Customer feedback: Hi James, Have been travelling & back only recently. Didn't really have a chance to hear it in depth, however did some listening sessions the last 2 late nights & my findings are as follows. The bryston cd player is already in itself very musical & has superb timing & dynamics with many positive traits. Didn't know what to expect when send in for the mods, thought I just gave it a try, majorly because of the persuasive nature of the feedbacks I read about from the other users. After the mods, the sound is still very unmistakably bryston, clean, dynamic, transparent, superb timing & with excellent bass. The clock, capacitors & regulators mods on my bryston player have transformed what I deemed an excellent player into a truly exceptional player! The very first track on my mod-listening was a latino guitar disc & it yielded a faster & more dynamically emotive experience. I hear more details being fleshed out, & instruments separation was much more easily differentiated with guitar notes textures more realism. This is probably because of the more quiet background noise". It is 3am, & next I tried a popular Tsai Chin album, & was immediately & pleasantly surprised by the added vocal textures & realism. Soundstage depth was seemingly similarly excellent, as my speakers are positioned pretty close to the walls, however overall soundstage does seems taller & wider with more focussed positioning of voicing. The next thing that happened got me sat up & really shockingly suprised was the bass definition & slam I got from the track! The bass that came out was super taut, defined & has real bass slam! My 3 pair of bookshelf speakers I tried-including my Ls3A was like given a new lease of life! I was pretty worried as I began to crank the volume up on my bookshelves, & as long as the woofers were able to take it, it delivered beautiful deep, taut & bass with a real slam! I must say that for the money, I'm pretty happy with the improved sound I got so far, & not having a differennt sound!(which I was initially worried) Tonight will be dates with Dianna Krall & also some of my all time favourite country duo where it have all the vocals, drums, dynamics, & bass slams!(The Judds) I will continue to run it in, & if it yield more improvements, I will update. --------- Consonance CD120 with Ultima Clock and full mods Good morning bro! I had a good listen over the weekend on my Consonance linear 120 CD Player. i realized that few cds that I am very familiar with sounded better! The Zee Avi, The Eagles live and a few other vocals CD, I do hear more details! Even the hand clapping in some live CD sounded different! Now, music sounded 'bigger'. So ya, excellent upgrade! Thanks man. --------- Mini Max DAC with Ultima Clock, and full Mods After the upgrade the sound staging improved, The bass tightened and the tempo is quicken. The highs is more detailed without being bright. Thanks! ------ Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
