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I had cheap Hayes CX brakes with cheap levers and compressionless housing. They were just as good as the Rival hydro I've got now but a fraction of the price. I reckon "modulation" is snake oil, just keep your cables in good condition and get decent levers and you'll have more "modulation" than you can actually utilise as an amateur cyclist. Brake power is irrelevant because even puny human forearms are strong enough to overcome the traction of your tyres.
Now that I've "upgraded" I have to pay people to deal with my stupid poisonous brake fluid and worry about boiling fluid. Instead of good old cables and Allen keys that I can sort myself in 10 minutes.
Would not recommend the upgrade unless you actively want to spend extra money on bikes for no practical reason (applies to half of the forum in fairness)