Hoopsontoast
pfm Member
I've had a few bits of Sony ES kit, some notable items:
Sony ES System by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Sony DVP-S9000ES
My favourite CD player, its OK as a DVD player (Pre HDMI) and still looks OK but it really shines with CD replay. Lovely build, copper chassis, R-Core transformer, super smooth CD tray etc. It sound great, only real downsides it won't play CDRs (if thats a thing) and its flipping huge, check your rack to see if it fits!
I prefer this over the Rega Apollo, Apollo-R, Saturn, Quad 99-2, Toshiba SD-9500e, Philips CD-850 and a Teac VRDS-10SE.
Sony TA-F770ES
Real beast of an amp, pretty much all the features and power you could ever need. Superb build, massive power supply, great MM/MC phonostage too. As above, its pretty big (not quite the size of the Denon PMA-2500NE I had) and due to their age, they may need some internal work now. I've had two in the past 10-years, only issue I had was some crackle on some of the pots which was sorted with some switch cleaner.
Sony TA-F670ES
Much the same as the 770ES above but a little smaller and less powerful. Usually a lot cheaper than the above model too.
Sony DVP S9000ES by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Sony TA-F3000ES
Great 'little' amplifier, although bigger than it looks due to the depth, not hugely powerful but with easy to drive speakers, works a dream. Build is good, not quite up there with the 770ES but better than most.
System by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Sony ES System by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Sony DVP-S9000ES
My favourite CD player, its OK as a DVD player (Pre HDMI) and still looks OK but it really shines with CD replay. Lovely build, copper chassis, R-Core transformer, super smooth CD tray etc. It sound great, only real downsides it won't play CDRs (if thats a thing) and its flipping huge, check your rack to see if it fits!
I prefer this over the Rega Apollo, Apollo-R, Saturn, Quad 99-2, Toshiba SD-9500e, Philips CD-850 and a Teac VRDS-10SE.
Sony TA-F770ES
Real beast of an amp, pretty much all the features and power you could ever need. Superb build, massive power supply, great MM/MC phonostage too. As above, its pretty big (not quite the size of the Denon PMA-2500NE I had) and due to their age, they may need some internal work now. I've had two in the past 10-years, only issue I had was some crackle on some of the pots which was sorted with some switch cleaner.
Sony TA-F670ES
Much the same as the 770ES above but a little smaller and less powerful. Usually a lot cheaper than the above model too.
Sony DVP S9000ES by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Sony TA-F3000ES
Great 'little' amplifier, although bigger than it looks due to the depth, not hugely powerful but with easy to drive speakers, works a dream. Build is good, not quite up there with the 770ES but better than most.
System by Robert Seymour, on Flickr