How good are the Sony 9000es mods.?

I own an unmod'ed s9000es and find it to be a nice unit that does much. I had spoken with Stan Warren of SuperMods on several ocassions. He went into much detail explaining why his $250 mod will provide a roughly 25% increase in sonic performance.

A friend of a friend who is an audio reviewer had his mod'ed by Stan and he claimed the increase was more like 40%. I don't know who this reviewer is but that's what I heard.

I was about to send my 9000es to Stan when I got laid off last September. I've since purchased a Sony SCD-1 which is a very nice unit. Clearly a step up in every category when compared to the 9000es. I still believe the 9000es is a very nice unit and plan on keeping it for movies.

Based on the build quality of the 9000es, on what I've heard about the mods, and who's doing the mod (Stan Warren is the co-founder of PS Audio), I wouldn't hesitate to have him modify the unit. Not to mention it's only $250.

Try and get a hold of a member who uses the moniker scuba he has a 9000es that is modded and should definatly be broke in by now-he also has another SACD player he was going to compare it to(the 9000es that is).

I also have a 9000es un-modded and have no plans of getting it upgraded I just use it for DVD purposes and don't think I could justify an expense for merely video ;) For the money I think it is a great unit and with mods it is suppose to be MUCH better on every level. Like Stehno said; I am using a new capitole 32-192 Mk 2 now for cd playback and its not close to being in the same league as the 9000es(but there is a bit of a price difference so it can be justified!)
~Tim

I've had mods done by Modwright and the impovements are astounding. After the mods and break-in I had an opportunity to compare the sound with my friends' stock unit.

No contest, the 9000 has a lot of potential, go for it.

Check out www.modwright.com

While this doesn't bear directly on your question, I had Dan Wright of ModWright do his level 2 standalone and transport mods put in a SuperClock and ByBee filters on my Pioneer 38A (which is in about the same price range) and the improvement was immense. I would say the improvement upgrading from the 525 I had previously to the unmodified Pioneer 38A was about a 10% improvement, while Dan's mods were an 100% improvement. You might want to look for feedback on the ModWright forum at www.HarmonicDiscord.com. He does a lot of work on Sonys.

Greg

Chelillingworth

Which level mod did you get? I was looking at the web site and they show 3 levels plus bybee filters,tubed outputs,satalite navagation(in case you loose the remote).
I owned one breifly,but returned it to pick up the EAD theatervisionP. Of all the DVD players I looked at, the 9000 came in second in that catagory.
Tim