Sony 9000ES better CD/SACD than 999ES

i have 9000es and would like to tell you that its CD quality is not that good at all.

it's dry, lifeless and boring.

its SACD is quite qood though.

Kray, if you will spend $1700 Dan (Modwright) will make
the 9000es at least 5k cdp,you will get holographic sound,
pure music,How do I know, I have one,it is the tube stage
the DAC upgrade, the volumec control , that will make all the differrence,I have posted here about this mod.

My stock 9000es sounds really awful (as SACD/CD does not matter) with comparison to old Arcam CD, I would not have courage to put $1700 to make it sound right. I believe that for ($2500 = 900ES+$1700) I can buy cdp far beyond squared(super-extra) modified SONY. There is so much to choose from. But this is belief of discourage owner not a fact.

Sorlowski and other fellow A'goners:
The math tells us quite a bit and I agree that having that much money to make it sound right is a no-no if you can not really gage the investment vs the final quality of sound.
I really would like to invest in a DVD player with very good redbook sound though an this thread has made me re- evaluate the 9000es option i have been considering.
Any further comments
Regards

I am really impressed with the presentation of my Modwright Sony ns999es. I ordered what he considered was the max, and I do not regret the price. In my system, there is more to it than my EMC-1 24/192. They are using identical interconnects and set up identically except they have two different Elrod cords (which I alternate).

I really believe in modified players now. I will probably limit my future player purchases to those units that can be modified by aftermarket giants, such as Dan.

Does anyone with a track history modify a Lexicon mc-12B? I want to improve my HT.