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Pioneer PD-59/PD-65 as Transport.Mods ??

Do any of you know of the Pioneer PD-59 or PD-65 being used as a transport to feed an outboard DAC?...and with that, of any modifications to do any of the following...detatchable power cord, upgraded coax out/internal wire, disconnecting the audio section and/or the toslink out. Seems that this is the basic transport that Wadia and others have used that should be able to be modified into an excellent low priced transport. Thanks
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whatjd OP
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Thanks Twilo. Do you have a web address, a mailing address or a phone # for Musican Concepts? Also, do you have the contact persons name? Thanks
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Thanks Argonaut and Sfstereo for your replies. I am not found of the sound of cheap DVD players as transports. I am currently using a Bel Canto DAC-1 and have tried various transports of both the DVD and 16/44 CD type...and much prefer the CD 16/44 transports for the current format. The Pioneer 59 and 63 seem to be great candidates for modifications to improve their performance as a transport. I have been unsure of any differences in 1 vs. 3 beam lasers in CD players ...I believe the Pioneers are 3. I do know that I have never had any transport/cd player (inc. Levinson 39, ARC CD-2..etc) that were as much improved by the sanding of the edges of the cd disk and the use of the green Stoplightstuff...perhaps it is the 3 beam laser...? I currently have a PD-59 that I am about to start to modify...any and allsuggestions and thoughts are of interest.
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