I've thoroughly enjoyed mine for the last few years. I do believe that Sony made a pretty good flagship product in the SCD-1.
I read somewhere just a short time ago, that Sony could not build another SCD-1-type model in a cost effective manner and that they believed the SCD-1 was built primarily to really bolster the inquiries into the SACD format and to the consumer know how serious Sony was taking the new format. The new Sony models seem to confirm that statement.
If I were to have it mod'ed, I'd probably look first for a Richard Kern mod. His mods seem to be the most talked about regarding the SCD-1.
I may have the Kern mod done one day, but I'm certainly in no rush to do so.
-IMO
I read somewhere just a short time ago, that Sony could not build another SCD-1-type model in a cost effective manner and that they believed the SCD-1 was built primarily to really bolster the inquiries into the SACD format and to the consumer know how serious Sony was taking the new format. The new Sony models seem to confirm that statement.
If I were to have it mod'ed, I'd probably look first for a Richard Kern mod. His mods seem to be the most talked about regarding the SCD-1.
I may have the Kern mod done one day, but I'm certainly in no rush to do so.
-IMO