Thiel Owners

Winter Solstice 2020

" Is your Pannasonic 9000 player the most current universal spinner?"

Yes - the UB9000 is their flagship.  I also have the (Panasonic) UB820 in the main system, which is the model down, but just use that for video and it is better than the Oppo 103D I had in the main system for that purpose.  I has an Oppo 203 in the system where the UB9000 now sits.  The UB9000 smokes it on both audio and video.  I have the Oppo 203 in the upstairs bonus room system (basically a guest bedroom) with a 55 inch UHD.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/panasonic-dp-ub9000-uhd-player-review.143...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXMNz0doK2U

cascadesphil

Nice! how do you like the UB-9000 for Audio playback?
Does this player offer SACD playback?
I have been thinking about adding this spinner to my collection.

Happy Listening!

No DVD-A or SACD playback with the UB-9000 (pretty much just CD, DVD-V, Blu-Ray and UHD Blu-Ray).  It will, however, play up to quad DSD files.  For me, it's not an issue as I don't play discs.  I have disc spinners in every system (in some, multiple ones) that have been rotated from old systems.  Pretty much the only time these get used is if someone brings a music disc over once a year (if that) or a movie is played. 

The UB-9000 also has a bunch of playback settings. Those include six types of digital output tube settings (to make the unit sound a bit different on each different simulated setting).  The unit is also built like a tank.

I have not followed recent developments about the unit and the only other caveat I'd offer is that it doesn't have a dedicated app (unless they have come out with one in recent times) like the Oppo players did.  That means one needs to navigate through files via a display with some exceptions.  In my case, I have he DS Audio App which comes with the file station on my Synology NAS and I can navigate through the files easily.

The UB-9000 IMO is worth its price as a stand alone CD player.  However, with many people using outboard DACs, one can buy a nice DAC for around the same money.  For machines such as an Oppo, one can also convert SACD discs to output 24/88.2 and go through an outboard DAC.  Of course, Oppo players these days tend to sell for a pretty penny (I've actually though about selling the Oppo 203 which now sits in a guest bedroom with my old UHD TV and never saw tons of use as I only had a bit more than a handful of UHD discs and I have my main system for music and other systems as well).  So I personally don't have much use for disc spinners.

cascadesphil

Thank You for the detailed follow up. This is a killer spinner spec-wise.

Happy Listening!