Best DVD for my System


I am looking for a DVD player to go with my system. I have the following equipment:

Krell HTS processor
Krell showcase 5
Revel C30
Revel M20 x4
Revel B15 x2
Audioquest diamond interconnects
Pioneer elite 61” rear projection

I was looking at the Sony DVP-S9000ES. I thought maybe I would have the transport mod by www.empiricalaudio.com . I am looking for a great DVD transport. What would you buy?
coxhaus

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I ended up buying a Denon DVD-9000. I am using an old Kimber ADGL digital cable I had lying around.
I feel like it is a good match sound wise but I am open to suggestions. How does this player compare to some of the other DVD players sound wise? The sound is the most important part of my home theater.
Rx8man
You say it is a no-brainer, esp for the $$. What does this mean?
I want to know what the sound is like on a high end system. Do you really get authoritative low bass? I tried a low cost pioneer and the bass was not there. The top end was not as smooth either as say a Denon 9000. How would it compare to a Denon 3910 in terms of sound quality? We need some kind of rating system. If the sound is as good as the Denon then I would buy one. Has anybody compared the sound quality from this unit?
I don’t think Blu Ray is in my immediate future until all the movies and rental places switch. I need NetFlix, BlockBuster, and MovieShops to have Blu Ray. I do not buy many DVDs compared to my CDs.
To me the sound is more important than the video. I hear about all these low cost DVD players with excellent picture quality but I never hear about how good the sound quality is, so I am reluctant to purchase any of these lower priced DVD players. There may be some which are very good but I don’t know. I can say with the advent of Blu Ray, it probably kept me from looking at a Krell Standard DVD player. I guess there is a fine line with what I will spend and not. I can say the Denon DVD 9000 has very good sound for less than a $1000.00 dollars. I also can say some of the qualities I looked for were a sweet top end and very low deep authoritative bass. I thought at some point I will compare it to my Mark Levinson DAC and transport in my stereo system just so I have a side by side comparison.