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I have the opportunity to pick up one of these, brand new with warranty for $700.
Does anyone own one or have experience with it?
I am ONLY going to use it for SACD playing,not DVDs or anything else.
How are the SACD sonics? Also, with the Video Off Switch engaged I THINK it does not convert to PCM first. Is this a big advantage.
Any info appreciated.
Does anyone know in general what the Sony "ES" designation on any product means?
John
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I believe the 9100 doesn't convert to PCM at all but will convert directly from DSD to analog and, if you have use for this, feed the DSD to the i.Link output.
ES stands for "Excellence Series" or something like that.
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I bought a 9100 one year ago for 550 €, at this price this is a great player, like it more than the marantz 15S1 i owned before (1350 €) try to buy it under 600 $.
kind regards
brighteyes
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Post by deckerm May 3, 2008 (4 of 6)
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I believe ES stands for Elevated Standard, but then no one really calls it by anything but ES.
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JohnWKercheval said:
I have the opportunity to pick up one of these, brand new with warranty for $700.
Does anyone own one or have experience with it?
I am ONLY going to use it for SACD playing,not DVDs or anything else.
How are the SACD sonics? Also, with the Video Off Switch engaged I THINK it does not convert to PCM first. Is this a big advantage.
Any info appreciated.
Does anyone know in general what the Sony "ES" designation on any product means?
John
Hi John,
I use this player 2 1/2 years and I'm still excited. No problems and the sound is excellent (my opinion).
I connected this one with the A/V Receiver 7100ES, also SONY, with i-link. You don't need more.
Greetings
Joerg-Thomas
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Post by Claude May 5, 2008 (6 of 6)
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JohnWKercheval said:
How are the SACD sonics? Also, with the Video Off Switch engaged I THINK it does not convert to PCM first. Is this a big advantage.
I would be very surprised if the "Video off" switch changes anything as to how audio signals are being processed. It just switches off the video processor, to eliminate any possible interference with the audio processing circuits.
When playing CDs or SACDs, the screen will display the CD/SACD Text, and because most people do not need that (the player has it's own display for this info) the video processor can be switched off for audio-only discs.
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