I also got my 9000 es today, It appears there are a lot of us giving this one a try. After the player was on for only 15 Min., I played an old Oscar Peterson CD that I am familiar with, then tried the SACD sampler that was packed with the player. This 9000 is doing a better job on regular CD's than many of the players I have owned in recent years. Of course the SACD sampler sounded better than my regular CD's but it is too early to know what I will think about the performance in the long term. I will say one thing right now for certain, the image quality from DVD's is the best I have ever seen. I was also impressed with the digital out, powering my Dolby 5.1 converter. The bandwidth and dynamics were excellent and the steering seemed more accurate. A great start for the first evening.
9000es burn in questions?
Got a new 9000es in the mail today[no free movie and sample sacd disc ]anyway was wondering what the quickest way to burn this player in? Play cd in digital or analog mode? Does digital and analog both have to burn in 200 or more hours? Out of the box my b+k receivers dacs blow this player out of the water.Will playing pink noise in cd repeat mode hurry burn in? Thanks for any help in advance