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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Modifying the Magnavox FD1040 CD player
Message-ID: <4307@alice.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 16:51:03 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 16:51:03 1985
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> As promised, here is my adventure modifying the Magnavox FD1040, aka
> Sylvania FDD104 and Phillips 104 CD players.  This is the unit that
> Mission modifies to create the 7000 and 7000R models.  My goal was to
> modify my $168.95 player into what Mission sells for $650+.

	[detailed description of modifications follows]

You forgot the most important step:  careful comparison of your
modified machine to an unmodified one.  I'll bet you can guess
what I mean by careful: double-blind, with careful level matching.

You have the opportunity to do what no one in this newsgroup
has done to date: prove that it *is* possible for people to
hear differences between CD players even when all the known
variables are controlled.  I hope I can convince you to take
advantage of it.  If you were closer to New Jersey, I'd even
suggest you bring your player for another of our "abcd" comparisons...