I guess I'm getting into this conversation late. Just sending my MR-78 in for the Modafferi mod. Got his office unit from our kids pediatrician 20 years ago when he retired; he kept the MR-80 he had at home. It has served well, but the quarantine has me listening to more FM. Looking forward to the change. My cousin, a retired Boeing engineer responsible for avionics for the 787 (yes, I used to tease him about Li-batteries), has the MR-74 and we've done a side-by-side comparison. He likes his and I like mine: who can argue with that? I guess we'll do it again when the 78 gets back. The two main stations that I listen to mostly are classical (PBS) ands a distant independent (jazz). I support both and suggest that as an important way to keep FM on the air.
McIntosh MR78 upgrades?
I have an MR78 that's working well.
I can bring it to Audio Classics, and for about a grand, get the power supply and audio section upgraded, and the tuner will be aligned.
There's another shop, maybe 2 hrs from Audio Classics that does a power supply upgrade for $250, plus an alignment would be billed based on actual time on the bench. So let's say $350-$400.
Is the audio section upgrade worth $600? Would be most interested to hear from people with Mac tuners that have had them modernized.
I can bring it to Audio Classics, and for about a grand, get the power supply and audio section upgraded, and the tuner will be aligned.
There's another shop, maybe 2 hrs from Audio Classics that does a power supply upgrade for $250, plus an alignment would be billed based on actual time on the bench. So let's say $350-$400.
Is the audio section upgrade worth $600? Would be most interested to hear from people with Mac tuners that have had them modernized.