Hi Caroline/BigP
I actually went up to look at an auralis blue one he had for sale but saw this one sitting in the unit, he had no intention of selling it though so i pestered him

for a few days until he agreed to sell it
I suppose with regards to modifying, as long as you keep all the standard bits and dont mod anything you cant change back to standard then there should be no worries
I have been toying with the idea of some 355 discs, do you know where the best place is to get some?
Dave