Redbook CD on the SONY is brittle and uninvolving. The newer, cheaper models--like the NS775V sound better (and have better video) than the 9000es, I think, but SONYs still sound dry and thin.
My Panasonic DVD-S47 ($89), stock, sounds better than the SONY S9000es that I had modified by EVS some years ago ($1300).
With the new chips and technology, what was "highend" 5 or 6 years ago is bettered by today's "mass market" players. Go to www.tweakaudio.com. Ric Schultz does mods to the $99 Toshiba 4960 ($300 for the mods) that most likely buries the 9000es in the dust.
With today's budget players and some decent mods, you can get miles ahead of the SONY 9000es and save alittle money, too.
My Panasonic DVD-S47 ($89), stock, sounds better than the SONY S9000es that I had modified by EVS some years ago ($1300).
With the new chips and technology, what was "highend" 5 or 6 years ago is bettered by today's "mass market" players. Go to www.tweakaudio.com. Ric Schultz does mods to the $99 Toshiba 4960 ($300 for the mods) that most likely buries the 9000es in the dust.
With today's budget players and some decent mods, you can get miles ahead of the SONY 9000es and save alittle money, too.