Electrocompaniet EMC1 CDP owner's suggestions

I use my PCK13Q+G PC on my EMC1 SE, balanced through an Aleph P with GREAT results. I suuggest using a very neutral, clean cableset on this CDP, as its freq extremes are extended and clean. No need to roll off, warm 'em up or smooth 'em down with bandwidth limited cables, IMO.

I just discovered Empirical Audio's $1400 modification to the EMC 1-UP and I'm intrigued. What do you EMC 1-UP owners think about modding the machine? Should it be left alone, or should it be made better, if possible?

The wiring inside of the EMC1-UP is not 75 ohms or even 110 ohms, so the connectors are not going to make much difference. In fact, the AES/EBU is wired directly to the 75 ohm outputs and there is an attempt to match to 75 ohms for all of them.

The EMC-1 as a transport can be very good, but probably will never compete with the Sony transports. The real advantage is using it as a CDP. It has the best upsampling chipset inside. With mods, it is exceptional due to the discrete analog output stage.

Audioengr, there has been much discussion among EMC 1-UP owners about the sonic benefits (or not) of using the balanced outputs over the single ended outputs. Does modding the EMC 1-UP have any effect on the sonic quality of the RCA outs vs. balanced outs?