Replace Cambridge Audio D500 or add DAC?

I would consider finding a sony scd 9000es and having the modwright mods done $400 - $800 the 9000es has been coming around used $750-$850 or new right around $1100. With the mods this is a monster player with the bonus of sacd and dvd playback and without the added expense of a digital cable. The sure thing is to not spend that kind of money with Cambridge.

In response to the above posts concering the sony sacd players and mods, the mods on my 333es are wonderful and the REDBOOK sound exceeds that of many dacs in the $1500 dollar range. If you have not specifically heard one of the sony's modded then I think you can't have any idea at the level of improvement. This isn't just putting fancy feet under the thing it is dramatically upgrading the power supply, analog out etc.. with parts of much higher quality found in the dacs mentioned in previous posts.
My mods were done by Dan Wright of Modwright his website www.modwright.com will give you the technical details and his chatboard as many responses, thoughts and comparisons worth reading. I would hope that before someone would voice such strong opinions and use of the caps lock fee that a brief education or listen would be in order.

"I would hope that before someone would voice such strong opinions and abuse the caps lock key that a brief education or listen would be in order"

My post was indeed posted prior to the post concerning the Theta gear came out, I have not heard the Theta and wouldn't be able to comment on it. I have decided to start proofreading. The above is a correction of the confusing sentance referenced on an above post.

The point that I was trying to get across is that the modded Sony's share very little with their stock companions. I definately do not care for the stock 333es and bought for sacd only and to use as a transport for my Bel Canto 1.1. When it returned from Dan Wright the transformation was stunning and far beyond what I had thought was possible. I is therefor easy to believe as Natalie did that it would still be substandard on Redbook and did so in a way (CAPITOLS ET ALL) that made it sound like someone would be crazy to go this route. I found it to be extremely cost efeective and of such high performance that I sold my 1.1. Thus started my rant on such heated critisism of my very reasonable suggestion. I apologise if the mistiming of the posting made it seem like it was directed at the Theta post which O feel was well written and backed by experience.
Cheers !