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Pioneer DV-37 vs. Sony DVP-9000ES

I have been waiting for the new Pioneer DV-37 progressive scan DVD player to be released, and noticed that Sony will release the DVP-9000ES soon. I am wondering which DVD player will have the best picture. Pioneer has always edged out Sony in picture quality, if not ergonomics. The new DVP-9000ES has a new 12 bit video DAC, and the Pioneer has a 10 bit. As a soon to be buyer I want the best video quality first, audio second. The SACD capability of the Sony throws a monkey wrench into the decision. It will be very hard to compare the two machines now. Even IF the Pioneer beat the Sony in a direct video comparison, the SACD factor is a big plus if it sounds anywhere near as good as their more expensive SACD players. Any advice or opinions would be most appreciated.
bmpnyc
toan
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Pioneer will come out with the new DV-AX10 SACD/DVD-Audio DVD player soon. It costs $5500 though. I'd probably get the Sony 9000ES for the money. Beside a very limited SACD or DVD-audio software, I don't see any preamp supporting SACD or DVD-Audio yet. Here are the two links to the 9000ES and the $5.5k Pioneer: In Japanese http://www.sony.co.jp/sd/CorporateCruise/Press/200007/00-0724/index.html http://www.dvnation.com/dva.html
albonilla2704
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Any idea ehen will the DV-AX10 will be available stateside? The Proceed PAV/PDSD is software upgradeable, and will support DVD-Audio, SACD.
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chaskelljr2001
476 posts
 
Bympnyc and Toan: I also have a subscription to a magazine called "The Perfect Vision". Inside of their latest issue, not even in stores yet, they (Sony) have a DVP-S9000ES on display on their advertisement. And I believe that they're available here in the states right now. Here's the link to the Sony's American site. The link is: "http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/corpcomm/news/consumer/626.html" Hope the info is helpful.
bmpnyc OP
713 posts
 
Thanks guys, I bought the DV-37. I was too impatient to wait for the Sony. Well... I don't think I will regret it. The CD aspect alone sounds as good as many mid priced high end cd players I have heard, and the video can't be beat. SACD will have to wait for me now.
bulldogger
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Albonilla, yes the Proceed units will could with a software upgrade and some sort of digital connection decode DVD-A or SACD it would not be a full resolution. The dacs in that combination are 20 bit dacs, Burr Brown 1702. That combination would be decoding dvd-a at 20/96 resolution, far short of 24/192 resolution. I would not be surprised though if Proceed does not upgrade these dacs to ones that can decode 24/192 probabely in about 1 year from what my credible sources say.
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