Oppo Sonica DAC Audiophile DAC & Network Streamer with EVS Modification

Up for sale is an Oppo Sonica DAC Audiophile DAC & Network Streamer with EVS Modification.

Model:
Sonica DAC with EVS Modification.

Voltage:
100-120V 50/60Hz (Voltage switch has been removed for improved sound quality)

Condition:
9/10
There
are no marks or scratches anywhere on the Oppo. (just the voltage
switch has been removed and that can be seen on the back)

Functionality:
I have tested it and functions as it should.

Age:
Manufacture Date: December 2016

Repair History:
None

No. of Owners:
2 (I bought it from the original owner)

Tobacco/Pet Free:
Yes

Included are:
Sonica DAC with EVS Modification
Power Cable
Manual
Original Box

The $800 Modification Includes:
1. Cleaned up noise from fuse.
2. Eliminated a distortion producing part from the AC line.
3. Eliminated the 110/220 Volt switch and connector.
4. Hardwired wires from input of transformer and twisted them.
5.
Mounted the toroidal transformer on hardwood (glued down) and secured
with plastic screw and nut and eliminating the steel bolt, nut and cover
and isolating it from the steel chassis.
6. Hardwire the secondaries of transformer to custom hand made damped diode bridges eliminating cheap diode bridges.
7. Damped power supply caps and regulator heat sinks.
8. Changed cheap regulators to modified super low noise discrete low impedance regulators.
9. Changed caps on output of above regulators to much better ones.
10. Eliminated inductors from the power supply lines.
11. Changed caps on output of 3.3V power supplies for the DAC.
12. Installed better sounding heatsinking on DAC chip.
13.
Remove entire output stage and replace with modified discrete output
stage using state of the art resistors and filter caps......this stage
is direct coupled....no coupling caps. If you want single ended output
only then I parallel all DAC channels for best sound (SSE.....Super
Single Ended).
14. All wire for output stage power supplies and
inputs and outputs are hand made pure copper in damped cotton.....and
installed in the correct sonic direction (very, very important).
15. Modified Wima .33 poly prop caps used as bypass caps in output stage power supply.
16. Change clock on DAC to low jitter "femto" clock.
17. Digital input board completely isolated from steel chassis and only grounded through its ribbon cable.
18. Ribbon cable from the digital input board damped with cotton braiding.
19. Digital input board and brass struts damped.
20.
Eliminated a distortion producing part on the coax digital input and
changed the coupling cap on the coax input to a modified Wima.
All mods 1-16 affect all modes of playback. 17-20 only effect spdif and usb playback.

Description:
Oppo
Sonica at Home as High-Res DAC/Streamer in Computer-Audio or
Traditional Systems: Features 32-Bit/768kHz PCM and DSD512, Wireless
Playback, SABRE PRO DAC, App Control

Specifications:
Dimensions (W x H x D) 10.0 x 3.0 x 14.2 inches, 254 x 76 x 360 mm
Weight 10.4 lbs, 4.7 kg
Power Supply AC 110-120 V ~ / 220-240 V ~ 50/60 Hz
USB Audio Input (USB B Type)
Input Format Stereo PCM, Stereo DSD (DoP v1.1 or native)
PCM Sampling Frequencies 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz, 352.8 kHz, 384 kHz, 705.6 kHz, 768 kHz
PCM Word Length 16-bit, 24-bit, 32-bit
DSD Sampling Frequencies 2.8224 MHz (DSD64), 5.6448 MHz (DSD128), 11.2896 MHz (DSD256), 22.5792 MHz (DSD512, native mode only)
Profile USB 2.0, USB Audio 2.0
Coaxial and Optical Digital Audio Inputs
Input Format Stereo PCM, Stereo DSD (DoP v1.1 or native)
Sampling Frequencies 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
Word Length 16-bit, 24-bit
DSD Sampling Frequencies 2.8224 MHz (DSD64)
AUX Audio Input
Input Impedance 10k Ohm
Maximum Input Level 2 Vrms
USB Ports (Type A)
Profile USB 2.0, mass storage only
Audio Format Support AAC, AIF, AIFC, AIFF, APE, FLAC, M4A, M4A (Apple Lossless) ALAC, OGG, WAV, WMA, DSF, DFF
Maximum Sampling Rate PCM up to 192 kHz / 24-bit, DSD up to 2.8224 MHz (DSD64)
Wireless Standard
Wi-Fi 802.11.a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.1

Review:
Home
Theater Review: "The Sonica DAC is a high-value product: It is built
like a tank, and it plays high-resolution sources admirably well."

I am asking $999.99

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Shipping:
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International Shipping is done by USPS.
Shipping weight is 13 lbs and the box measures 19x13x5

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