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Add DAC or mod player?

Need advice. I have an older, but well respected cd player, the Arcam FMJ23T. I can either have a well known company mod/upgrade the parts of the player (master clock, resistors, power supply, chassis dampening and more) or for a little more money, I can buy a decent DAC (for example, Chord Qute) and use the player as a transport. Any thoughts?
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mesch
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Usually the 1st thing to fail in a disk player is the transport (mechanism, laser) . I would put my money into a DAC rather than upgrading older player. You will have greater flexibility down the road with a DAC. When you need to replace the transport, this can be accomplished at less expense as you already have a good DAC.

I feed my Arcam DVD137 to a Bryston BDA-1 for CD and DVD playback. Direct to Pre for SACD. The DAC is also used for computer audio via USB/SPDIF conversion.
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