That said, the only things to recommend the 9000 over the 820 is the build chassis quality, dead silent disc spinning, and improved DAC.
As my A/V goes through my Onkyo receiver (which supports all the standards I care about) and I usually have some level of background house noise anyway (furnace, etc.), it wasn’t worth triple the price for me.
Ah I’ve always gone for the Sony ones, is there a significant gap?
The UB9000 and X800M2 are both superb disc players
That said, the only things to recommend the 9000 over the 820 is the build chassis quality, dead silent disc spinning, and improved DAC.
As my A/V goes through my Onkyo receiver (which supports all the standards I care about) and I usually have some level of background house noise anyway (furnace, etc.), it wasn’t worth triple the price for me.
The reviews of the Panasonic ub820 are pretty high. Mostly because it’s price to performance.