XTS Midrange Mod GE-7 USED prices are insane

[Frehley12]

It's great that the current Made in Malaysia ones can be modded with this as well as the MIJ and MIT. What I don't get are the USED PRICES. When in stock on the XTS website, they are brand new $250. If you supply them your own GE-7 it is the mod cost of $119 plus return shipping (probably around $10-$15).

Listings on Reverb, forum sites, GC for USED are $350-$400. WTF! SMH

I bought an open box/used current one Made in Malaysia for well under $100 to send in for the mod ($119). For $219 plus shipping both ways, I'm looking at under $250. There is currently about a 6 week turnaround.

 

[RaceU4her]

Always wanted one of those

 

[Speeddemon]

Holy crap, I modded both my MIJ and MIT myself for maybe $10;
the 2 main things to tackle is replace the 1uF (IIRC) tantalum caps (the ones that look like yellow/brownish drops) and replace the IC's with something low(er) noise; TL072 is fine. NE5532P is real fine, but draws a bit more current.
Of course I used IC sockets, so no soldering on 8 legs of an IC, with a chance to overheat them.

And there's a chance there were some JRC4558Ds in there, so you can sell those for a premium to TS9 lovers.