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Has anyone had dCS Elgar/Purcell Upgrades done?

I purchased older models of the dCS Elgar and Purcell on the used market. I am very impressed at the improvement in the sound of CDs in my system. I am now considering purchasing a Verdi Transport, but I must upgrade both the Elgar and Purcell units to take full advantage of the Verdi's DSD upsampling.

I have a number of questions:

Has anyone else had the upgrade done?
Since I did not purchase the Elgar and Purcell from a dealer, how can I arrange to have the upgrades done?
About how much will it cost? (the Elgar is about 5 years old, the Purcell about 3 years old).
How long does dCS take to do the upgrade?
What's the best way to ship them to the UK?

Any insight is appreciated.
davemon

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punwin
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I have Delius/Purcell/Verdi and had the Delius and Purcell upgraded. The combination - playing CD upsampled to DSD or SACD - is excellent. When I used to go back to vinyl whenever I could I now barely bother (and that's with a Nottingham Analogue Hyperspace).

My feeling about dCS is that they really do transcned the issues that noramlly relate to hi-fi. With much equipment you have to accept a trade off. One thing will offer better staging, while another with give better bass and so on. With dCS the machines work and play the music. Nothing less.
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