I completely agree with Sean...Ric is very honest and he loves what he does. If he was in this business for money, he'd be very rich by now. Instead he follows his inspiration and he does what he enjoys. He is sincerely thrilled by the recent advances in digital technology and he loves taking a fairly good product (like one of the Sony SACD machines) and tweaking them to the best they can be at the most reasonable price-point. I just talked to him recently and I got the impression that he hasn't really begun manufacturing his mods yet...not commercially. He's developed his mods, but he was waiting for the financing to begin the production. He said he was taking names and had a waiting list. I have to be honest...it may take awhile to receive one, but it will probably be well worth the wait. I think I waited for 8 or 9 months for my Millenium 2 DAC (but there were extenuating circumstances at the time...I don't think that will be the case with the SACD mods). I highly recommend talking to Ric yourself. He's extremely nice and he can give you a better idea what the mod situation is...how they sound...what to expect, etc.
