The Sony DVP s9000es is a fantastic bang-for-buck player. I've owned one for the past year and only recently purchased a Sony SCD-1. Clearly the SCD-1 is a better player as it offers better refinements in virtually every sonic category as it should.
But the s9000es still gets you 8/10th's of the way there if you shutdown all video, digital, and display lights. The video picture is also quite nice. You probably cannot do better for the price.
For $250, Stan Warren (co-founder of PS Audio) can modify the s9000es for a 25% gain in sonic improvements (according to Stan). A friend of a friend who had Stan do the mod said it was more like 40% improvement.
-John
But the s9000es still gets you 8/10th's of the way there if you shutdown all video, digital, and display lights. The video picture is also quite nice. You probably cannot do better for the price.
For $250, Stan Warren (co-founder of PS Audio) can modify the s9000es for a 25% gain in sonic improvements (according to Stan). A friend of a friend who had Stan do the mod said it was more like 40% improvement.
-John