The point is, *genuine quality* costs, and unlike vulgar, bling frippery, when properly applied, it REWARDS you, sonically.

I'm currently modifying my Lentek MC head amp, which cost £50 from ebay (a mint example), and which sounds superb with any of my DL-103s, through the valve MM stage in the Croft, and have just spent £115 with Hi-Fi Collective, on Charcroft Z-Foil and AudioNote Tantalum resistors, which Anthony will be fitting for me, and which based on previous experience in that area, I'm confident will transform an already superb sounding device.

Now, how much would a commercial manufacturer, selling such a device, have to charge for something like that, if £115 had been spent on resistors alone, regardless of the other components, casing, connectors, etc - what would the likely retail price be, including VAT and all other costs, in order to make a viable profit? £800?

Yet, I've only paid £165 (£50 initially, and the rest for the mods), but it won't reflect the potential sound quality. *That* is not only SPPV in action, but spending money on where it matters most, thus reaping the rewards - exactly my mantra with hi-fi!



Marco.