Hard Drive based system

A couple of things I forgot to mention.

It's very quiet. Dead silent background.

Tons of detail. At first I didn't think so, because there is NO harshness. Obviously something I've come to associate with detail.

Because it's not harsh, I can listen louder without ringing my ears. I can listen to this thing for hours and hours.

Very wide, deep soundstage. Not only outside of my speakers, but outside of my walls.

Ecruz,

You're just about there. It will get somewhat better over the next few hundred hours, but in smaller steps. Most of the wide scale changes have occurred.

I have to send my Alesis in for updates that Paul made to his. Then I'll be sending in my Sony. Glad to hear from another satisfied TRL customer.

Here I am, jumping in like a "Johnny come lately", but I'm compelled to share my TRL 900 story. I've had my TRL/Sony DVP-NS900V for the past 3 weeks and it is amazing. Mine is fully broken in and I have found the same results as Ecruz.

This player has mind blowing dynamics and the resolution is unlike anything I've ever heard. I have found myself listening to my discs again as if for the first time.

For example, I have listened to Ben Harper's "Will to Live" cd for years, yet have never heard his guitar amp hum in the right speaker on a few songs. It has always been there, but it has been masked, buried and obscured in the noise level ...

Minute percussion that I'd never noticed on the Ben Harper/Blind Boys of Alabama "There will be a light" is now there, plain as day, as if saying, "Do you here me now?" , which is cool, because I love what Leon Mobley adds as Ben's percussionist ... I love his feel.

This thing has the best microdynamics I've ever experienced, without calling attention to it. The music sounds extremely natural and musical. Most digital players sound etched, hard and mechanical. Not the TRL900. If there were an award for the most musical player, I know where my vote would go.

I'm not sure you could get digital this good at multiple times $5K, myself.

Just my 2 cents ...

Jack

Ecruz,

Congratulations! It is a waste not to TRL a Sony player.

Any comments on video and audio quality for DVD playback?

One quick last word on the TRL mod. Over the last few days the bass has really solidified. I don't know if it's actually deeper, but it's tighter & quicker. I'm done! I won't buy another cd player until this thing dies. Then, whatever I buy, will go to TRL for a mod. Honestly, I've never heard digital sound this good. If you're on the fence about trying this, just do it. You won't be sorry.

Kenn39-Haven't used it for DVD yet. I usually listen with the video portion turned off, but I have tried it with the video portion turned on and I don't hear a difference. Still I leave it off, because maybe it's degrading the sound and I just don't know it. ; ) Kidding of course.

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