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modwright Sony 999es platinum truth.

This is my reference cd player,has been for 6 years.The other night while looking up reviews for this player a reviewer said there are things you can do to this player to make it sound better.He said hook it up to video monitor (a TV will do) and turn off light display,make sure all digital sound outputs are off. So I hooked it up to a TV and went to menu and turned off display and all the digital were off but in the audio settings there were to settings was a standard setting and a WIDE RANGE setting and this unit was on standard. So I put it on WIDE RANGE and put it back into my system. WOW the extension in the upper range and the bass bloomed. I could not believe the difference the music just flows uncumbered.I was blown away not to mention the low level detail is unbeleivable. If you own a Sony player check to see if it's on standard and if it is switch it to WIDE RANGE a listen for yourself,it's like night and day
qdrone

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slaw3
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Glad you found that, it really does open things up!
Now if you could just find a way for mine to play the SACD layer of hybrid discs, I would be forever grateful. I have had a new laser assembly installed, which did nothing. Otherwise, I still love love love this player.
slaw3
139 posts
 
Qdrone, where would that be? I just went through the whole menu and didn't see anything like that.
I'm so hoping it is that easy! It used to play them, but not any more....
slaw3
139 posts
 
Thanks for the info, but that didn't work. The 999 refuses to read the SACD layer of any hybrid discs, although it plays stand-alone SACDs fine. Very frustrating, as most SACDs are hybrids.
slaw3
139 posts
 
Good suggestion! I tried that, here's what it does:
It plays ALL SACDs, it play NO Hybrid SACDs (discs with an SACD layer and a CD layer).
Sigh.
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