9000es burn in questions?

have a 9000es too. sounds very good using analog outs, sold my denon5000 and levinson39, this player is better.if you use digital out you dont use the da in the sony but what is in your processor, not very likely to be better than in the sony, however interconnects make a big difference in what and how you hear it. I use transparent ref xl, ironic that it costs way more than the player , but already had them on my levinson. i didnt expect it to sound better than 39,probably better than my denon5000, it beat both. picture is way better too. breakin takes a while but itwill get there.

Hey miked, b+k 202 which has the reference preamp and dacs and the non ref b+k amps. When i say the receiver dacs sound better, i am talking about cd playback not sacd.Interconnects are brand new dh labs as well as the digital.they replaced straightwire interconnects and audioquest topaz digital that i had on my dvsp 7000. I put a solid silver stranded powercord on the 9000 at the same time as well as dh labs speaker wire.All this has closed the gap a little.will see what a little burn time does.Was going to order an acoustic zen digital cable,but if the 9000 is going to sound that much better with burn in,maybe i will get better ic's instead.

I also got my 9000 es today, It appears there are a lot of us giving this one a try. After the player was on for only 15 Min., I played an old Oscar Peterson CD that I am familiar with, then tried the SACD sampler that was packed with the player. This 9000 is doing a better job on regular CD's than many of the players I have owned in recent years. Of course the SACD sampler sounded better than my regular CD's but it is too early to know what I will think about the performance in the long term. I will say one thing right now for certain, the image quality from DVD's is the best I have ever seen. I was also impressed with the digital out, powering my Dolby 5.1 converter. The bandwidth and dynamics were excellent and the steering seemed more accurate. A great start for the first evening.

Ears: Thanks for the response, I am currently using the Ref 20 and am in the market for a new CD player that I can connect via the analogue throughput of the B&K. Just about everyone raves about the redbook CD playback of this unit, I think after it is broken in, it will best the B&K. Cheers.

I have to comment on the picture and sound of dts and dd playback.The picture on my 35inch cinema series toshiba using the s video out is noticeably better than the 7000. this is of course using interlaced.the piture,while not razor sharp is spot on perfect in the color department. Anyone with a monitor tv,buy this unit anyway you will notice the picture difference if you have a properly adjusted tv,and you do not have to use progressive to see the difference.the dts sound which iv'e never had seems to have better bass control than dd,and they both have better steering of the sound and better dynamics than the 7000. So i have to agree about the digital out on this player being first rate.I can not comment on the sacd yet because i have no software,but this player so far is a steal without sacd.