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I am considering a very good player for video and audio. I realize that no combo machine will do audio as well as it's similarly priced dedicated 2-channel rigg, but I cannot buy both. Is this newer product a decent venture for those who wish to combine systems? Also, what 2-channel machine would you say the 9000ES holds it's own against (musically speaking)?
thanks, Audioman
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Okay, we'll all have to laugh a bit because I've only had my 9000ES for three days, but it is a far cry from any CD player I've had in my home....and it's not broken in yet. There's something just right about it, and you'd probably have to hear it in your own system to figure it out. I try really hard to audition each piece of gear with my system to make sure the synergy is there. Since I bought this from Oade, I didn't get that chance, but I can pretty much say this was a no brainer. Excellent sound, excellent video, and SACD to boot.Now we all know most testing tells us that there is alot of sprious noise inside a DVD player, and lots of jitter too. With this unit, you can use the audio outputs for CD and SACD, and shut off the digital and video portions of the circuitry. This is a nice touch, and I think it's the designers way of saying, "yes, use this as an SACD player, too."
I think this is an excellent unit, and I'm already looking forward to tomorrow night when I can spend mroe time with it and re-listen to my cd collection. If you are replacing an older CD unit, you will be pleasantly surprised at the sound. It really is that good.
Do it!!!!!!!
BH
After 4 months, I've still very pleased. I love the audio and am sold on SACD. I'm now looking for a progressive scan TV. I just can't decide if I want to stay with a tube or go with a small projection TV.You may want to look into the Philips 1000. It is a multichannel CD/DVD/SACD player. It costs $1450 mail order. I do not know how well it's audio compares with the 9000.
I have the S9000ES in my HT system and the SCD-1 in my stereo system. I think, the S9000 is one of the best DVD players on the market regardless of price. Yes, the Ayre, Theta, Camelot, and EAD are a tiny bit better on video than the Sony (their audio capabilities vary), but you'd need a $100,000 front projection system to notice the difference, and these players are anywhere from three to ten times the price of the Sony. The S9000ES is built like a tank and has a 5 year warranty and everything you cound possibly want in a DVD player. CD performance, after about 400 hours of break in, is as good or better than the $1000-$1500 CD players I've heard, and SACD puts CD to shame in almost any machine. I'm not going to say the S9000ES is as good as the SCD-1 in CD or SACD mode, but it gets you a lot of the way there for a fraction of the price. For a dual purpose DVD player, I can't think of a better one than the Sony and for $1100 shipped it's the bargain of the year.
Audioman,the 9000 es is the best deal at list in gear i have bought and you can buy them new for 1075.00.The cd section really does take 400 hours to come to life,but out of the box it will beat most 1000.00 cdp.The sacd playback is on par with 4500-5000.00 cdp,and in this months widescreen reveiw,they say it betters the wadia 860 in all but bass,while in the sacd mode.I don't even have a progressive ready tv,but the picture is better than the 7000,which was better than the 7700,and the sound is much more detailed and smoother on dd/dts.The gear iv,e used this player with is a b&k 202 receiver,two subs and five kit speakers that consist of revelator tweeters and scan speak 1845 woofers.I also have used this player with my thiel 3.6's and electrocompaniet gear.I would say this player is worth more than list for sacd,street price or better for cd,after 400 hours,and worth list for dvd playback. I don't think anyone who wants an all in one could do better and the audio/video rags agree.
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