Modwright Platinum Truth Sony 999ES

It kind of depends on how you would define performance.

Not many, if you have the "right" tubes and the "right" umbilical. Hint...the T-Sols and the Silver umbilical are not the "right" stuff. Of course, imho, and a few others!

Interesting because I am seeing many Modwright pieces going up for sale probably to upgrade to something else....if that's their interest so be it.It pains me to know that some of these guys are missing the very essence of this player without swapping out the Revelation Audio to another umbilical cable.I purchased the Modwright hoping to get off the digital merry-go-round for awhile and it has exceeded my expectations.I concur with 1Markr.Having made the swap,it's one of the best cheap upgrades I have done for my Sony999ES.1Markr you are still Da Man!

Chuckie (Alvin)

1markr,
Could you please share what are "the right tubes and umbilical"?.
BTW, I have Modwright Denon 3910.

Thanks Alvin, glad you are enjoying your Modwright 999ES.

Maril,
I don't have experience with Modwright's 3910, but I have owned he 999ES and now have the 9000ES. Assuming that the power supply and tube stage is the same, then I would think that the results would be the same.

Tubes are very subjective to your ears and your system. In my system, on the 9000ES I have great success with GE JAN 7044s. Another tube that works very well is the Philips SQ E182CC, a little more detailed and extended than the 7044, but not quite the midrange of the 7044. Either way, both of these run circles around the T-Sols in my system.

The umbilical of choice is made from cryo'ed Jena Labs stranded copper wire, terminated with Neutrik connectors. It makes for a more dimensional soundstage, and adss an analog-like naturalness to the midrange and extremes that the silver does not do, at half the cost. In a word, it adds "musicality" to the player.