Now that Oppo is dead, which universal player is a good one?
Jan 18, 2019 · There is a Yamaha Blu-ray/"almost universal" (lol) player for around $500, model BD-A1060. It won't play DVD-A, but otherwise supports quite a laundry list of discs. It has stereo analogue outputs, both RCA and balanced XLR. For multichannel SACD, it has to go out via HDMI to a compatible DAC or AVR, whereas OPPO had multichannel analogue outputs.
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Jan 6, 2021 · Both the Schiit Yggdrasil and the super-cheap Schiit Modi Multi-bit DACs performed rings around the ES9038PRO chips in the Oppo on PCM, but alas, none of the Schiit DACs support SACD. The Oppo, while it does support SACD, it really doesn’t sound all that much better than my cheap Sony Blu-Ray player. Out of the Box Thinking
CD/SACD Player that is at least as good as OPPO BDP 103D
Mar 30, 2019 · Its picture quality is noticeably better than cheap sub $200 BlueRay players. I am thinking of buying another OPPO 103D (or 103). Used price is around $400. But I wonder whether there are CD/SACD players at under $1000 used (less than 5 years and in 8-9/10 condition) that are better than OPPO 103D on CD and SACD sound.
Better SACD player than Oppo 205 - Audiogon Discussion Forum
673 posts. 10-03-2018 at 12:26am. The Oppo 205 is pretty decent CD/SACD player especially considering its original retail price of $1300. It would be hard pressed to find a better SACD player than the Oppo 205 for around $1000 to $1500 price range unless perhaps you’d willing to look for a slightly used player.
SACD Ripping using an Oppo or Pioneer? Yes, it's true!
Jul 20, 2016 · 14 – Wait until the disc is recognized by the player. 15 – From the Windows run sacd.cmd file and the ripping process should start. 16 – To rip another SACD make sure that the sacd_extract.exe worked until the end, eject the tray with previous disc and repeat steps 11-15. 17 – Be sure to reboot the player at the end!
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Dec 22, 2017 · Marantz SA-10 Review (SACD Player & DAC) This is a review and detailed measurements of the Marantz SACD player and USB balanced DAC. It is on kind loan from a member and costs US $7,499. The industrial design is good although usability is poor with super tiny fonts for various settings (e.g. filter number top left).
SACD Player to replace Oppo105? - Audiophile Style
Feb 22, 2015 · I have owned two of his modified Sony SACD players and heard a comparison of the stock Oppo 105 versus the modified version. The addition of a rectified outboard power supply and replacement of the analog output stage provide a significant improvement in sound over the stock players. "Relax, it's only hi-fi.
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May 3, 2021 · Over the weekend, we brought together our gears and run experiment with HDMI-I2S on a few external DACs to hear the comparison among: Oppo 105 SACD Player XLR output Oppo 105 HDMI-I2S to S.M.S.L. D400EX - XLR Output Oppo 105 HDMI-I2S to Denafrips Venus II 12th - XLR Output Oppo 105 HDMI-I2S to...
Choosing a CD or SACD player over my Oppo BDP 95
218 posts. 02-11-2016 at 08:25am. The Oppo 95 and 105 use the same dacs. In conversations with Oppo at the time of the changeover, I was told that if I didn't mind the fan and was only going to use it as a two channel CD player, there were no differences. The big improvements between the two models were on the AV side.
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Jan 10, 2017 · <Oppo dealer disclaimer> The BDP-105D is a remarkable SACD player, that also happens to do nearly everything else, including DSD64 playback from the front USB jack. It's hard to find fault with the amazing sound quality, excellent reliability, and unprecedented value.