How good are the Sony 9000es mods.?

Good luck, there are a number of folks out there who are very well thought of and can do a good job!

The mod's DEFINITELY WORK. I have heard Richard Kern (audiomod.com) and Dan Wright (modwright.com) modifified scd-1 units and cannot recommend them enough. Both guys have great reputations.

I just bought a used richard kern modified audiocom scd-1. I still have my original scd-1 and a/b compare them. It's like the difference between a $500 Cd player and a $2000 CD player. I can't believe how much better it is. Much lower noise floor, truer instrument timbres, and the soundstage seems twice as wide. I don't think I've heard a lower noise floor. If I had known the level of improvement I would have had it done long ago.

A few weeks ago Dan Wright brought his Modwright XA777ES (the one from CES) with the tubed output stage to my house and it's unbelievable too. It also sounded much better than my stock scd-1. Had the glorious tube warmth to go with SACD's awesome resolution. It's also a great redbook player - better than the stock SCD-1.

I would guess that having a 9000 would probably be an even more dramatic improvement since it has lower component quality than the scd-1.

I just heard back from audiomod and they are not yet upgrading the 9000es.
Tim

I am thinking of getting my 9000 modded too. What level of mod gives the most bang for the buck? Are the Audiocom super regulators worth it? Anybody with a Modwright level 2 or 3 out there? Did you get the Bybee's? Are they any good? Does the 9000 need a clock upgrade? Who makes it? Can you put the Superclock into the 9000? Or just the 777? ETC.

Twl
Have you cheked out the EVS wabsite?
tweakaudio.com Do some reading. I talked with Rick today,very nice guy.
Tim