All Quiet on the Oppo front?

Just received my Oppo email day before yesterday, and ordered my 205 yesterday.   Arrives next week.   

Jim

@jhajeski. When did you express an initial interest in the Oppo player?

My UDP-205 is on its way. FedEx says I should have it 09.19.18. Can’t wait to receive this and see how it holds up against my Cambridge 851C which I think is a great player for the money. I’ll be surprised for audio if the Oppo is as good but we’ll see or hear and I will report back. I needed a nice video player so I’m sure it will be very good for that nonetheless. I love hearing how people claim this is the Holy Grail for digital playback. Not ever hearing one I could never chime in so here soon I will be able to give my cents for what it is worth... can’t wait.

@celander...
Not sure of the exact date, but it wasn't anytime recent.   I submitted my interest pretty early in the process.   I'll see if I can find the original email or confirmation.  

Jim

I received my invitation to purchase a UDP-205 this afternoon and just have completed the transaction. For what it's worth, I got on the waiting list during the first week of April, then received confirmation that I was on the waitlist on May 9. I thought that they had passed over me, and I'm happy to be able to buy one. There was no way that I was going to pay the $2500 and up prices offered for units recently shipped to other buyers. I hope that those of you who signed up early are able to get one while they are available.

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Just got my email. Paid up. It’s on its way! Yahoo! Will pick up a big-about 80” (I’m only 15 ft from screen) good 4K screen around Dec/Jan. Love good movies. Very interested to hear the CD,SACD,DVD Audio Sound as well. Hoping it lives up to hype but very satisfied getting such a useful unit regardless. Feeling lucky :) Good luck to others waiting)(

Congrats.  FedEx is delivering mine this coming Tuesday (I hope)

@ptss 
What day did you receive an invite to purchase?  I thought they were done sending invites by this time.

And yea, you picked up on it. 125 & 250 Pursangs were the dominant force when I was growing up until the Japanese took over. 

Oppo will post a notice on their website when their stock is out. 

“This page will be updated when we have sold out of the OPPO UDP-205.“

Bultaco

My understanding was that they have one more shipment going out in September.
No idea how many in that shipment though and as they have already very clearly stated once that lot is gone they are done!

@uberwaltz
Right! That's what they have been saying on their website. "A shipment coming the end of August and the middle of September". I would like to believe it takes them awhile to notify and prepare shipments. So, maybe the end of August shipment is still being allocated. 

In other words, the mid-September allocations have not been notified or shipped yet... I hope.

I added my name to the list some months ago and after reading this post wondered why I had not been contacted. I got a reply this weekend telling me I was on the list but there were 1,500 orders in front of me, this may go on for months and months.

No it will not...lol
There is only one more shipment and then that is it.
The only thing we do not know is the size of that shipment.

My invite was last Thursday. 
Bultaco was a great bike when I was dirt trail riding in late 60’s and 70’s. I also had Norton,Honda,Yamaha. Considering buying a trail bike again. Lots of trails, back roads and logging roads in southern BC. 

I just picked up my OPPO UDP-205 from their office in Menlo Park on Monday, Sept 17 at lunchtime. I received an email on Sunday, Sept 16 stating a limited number are available and to respond via an email link which I did do on Monday morning at 9:47 am. Literally minutes later, a reply from OPPO that my player was now ready for pick-up. While picking up my player, he said that this was the end of the production run. There were probably a dozen or so units just stacked along the cubicles.
Now, I just need to figure out what to do with a second UDP-205. I picked the first one up at Best Buy after the initial announcement.

When all is said and done, this may the way to go forward and it costs less: https://hdguru.com/pioneer-unveils-elite-brand-universal-ultra-hd-blu-ray-player/.

All the best,
Nonoise

Slightly off topic, but has anybody seen the new Oppo Find X smartphone? Whoa, Daddy! Kinda explains why they said, Sayonara, audiophiles.

I got my e-mail at 7:22 pm this evening and immediately ordered a UDP-205 (8:10 when I saw it). Don't care how long it takes to arrive, I got one!
Thank you Oppo :-) !
I entered our e-mail address on the Oppo website when the announcement originally came out, after all the players were gone from Best Buy. BTW - I learned of Oppo stopping production from our Audiogon forum.
Hope everyone who wants one gets one, I consider myself very fortunate.

Re Oppo smartphones
Kind of a shame they are not big here in the usa as agreed as to why they are not worried about a relatively small udp market.
They know people change their phones almost as frequently as their socks in todays must have latest tech marketplace.
That equates to a lot of phones sold and a lot of profit!

I find it a bit odd that some who already own the 205 player would decide to order a second one, only to then wonder out loud that they have no personal use for it. 

Hmmm... the rocket scientist in me says...putting out feelers.

Odd? Not really.
But making it public knowledge?
Yes that part is odd....

I am betting you are likely to see quite a few at elevated prices popping up on eBay after OPPO are officially all done.

Odd in the sense it is the contributor’s very first post on any A’gon forum thread. Sorry for the incomplete thought. I hope these gougers never get the price they are asking. Sure, the Oppo ‘205 is a value at $1300. Not sure if it is much above that price. 

Or is this the best marketing ploy ever devised?
I wanted a 105, but never got around to it until I heard the 205 was discontinued.  I think I got the last one off Amazon.  

Got my invite last week and received my 205 Tuesday. Now working with tech support trying to get the usb input to recognize my laptop (have tried 2 different laptops). Hope the folks who haven't got their notice yet receive one before all units are gone. 

They were super responsive each time I inquired about status although
they wont go out on a limb and say you will get one, they did say it was "likely". I got mine on Monday!!! Sold the 203 yesterday on CList LA for $650. Yes I feel lucky.

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity and ordered my UDP-205 last night.
I just realized, is Oppo manufacturing / offering the Darby enhanced edition?
While I would have liked to have it, I'm very grateful for the opportunity to have purchased one.
Anyone know if the Darby edition is being offered?

No Darbee option on the 205 or 203 I believe.

They were talking about it about 6 months prior to them announcing cessation of all player production.

The Pioneer doesn't have 7.1 analog outputs...

I got notified by Oppo yesterday and ordered the 205 last night. 

The last round of 205 “golden tickets” were sent in August. Shipment is finishing up now. The website no longer accepts entries. Sadly, unless the corporate parent changes course, these are gone. I saw a new one recently for sale - asking $4300. Uggh. 

I received my email Wed the 19th and it shipped yesterday.  Should have it in my hands Wed 26th.
The resale will be maddening on these things.  I may hold on to mine for while since there's not much in the $1300 range that you can buy that does all the things the 205 does.  Now, I just hope it does all those things well.....

Oppo will post a notice on their website page about the ‘205 player once they have sold out of product. 

I gave up on getting one after my contact person at Best Buy said they were not able to get anymore. I had waited several months, put down a deposit, but came up empty. Now I'm reading these posts, and they're still shipping?? As of now, does anymore know if the unobtainable Oppo is actually obtainable??

I hope I'm not wasting my time, but I'll try again.

Sorry to tell you but yes you will be wasting your time at this stage.
People who put their names down on the OPPO list from April and early May are getting the last of the stock.
People after that are not going to be in luck I am afraid.
I believe the list closed quite some time ago so not going to be able to even see how far back you would be.
I listed in late May and was told very recently by OPPO that there were approx. 5000 people ahead of me still so not likely at all I would be seeing one.

Good luck

jonasandezekiel  asked..."As of now, does anymore know if the unobtainable Oppo is actually obtainable??"


Sure you can get them. If your willing to get totally gouged in the process...

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=oppo+205&_sacat=0&_sop=16

LOL

Pretty sure he meant from OPPO.

NOT by having his guts spilled out all over the floor.

A possible option for those who missed out from,OPPO.
Just do not go crazy and push the price up to stupid levels!


https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis95568-oppo-udp-205-bluray-player-cd-sacd-players

I think play it again audio should be ashamed of themselves by taking advantage of us audiophiles.  The fact that they are price gouging the player makes me to never want to purchase anything from them.  I think the UDP205 is a decent player but nothing to write home about.  I find the sound forward and bright, not smooth.  I will only be using mine for Blu-Ray so it doesn't matter much to me, but for someone planning on using it for cd and sacd, you can do much better.  The Marantz SA8005 is a much better sounding player.

I know the bdp105 on sacd and CD playback did not hold a candle to my old Pioneer DVD/sacd spinner.
Very dry, sterile and hollow sounding it was.
Probably lucky I did not get a 205 ....lol.
Just going to buy a used bdp103 to replace the older bdp93 in the ht system and call that done.

To be fair to play it again, they have listed it as an auction with reserve just being at cost plus shipping. It is only members who are going to gouge each other there.

@uberwaltz..............

yes, it was listed at retail but they knew the price would be way over that.  They did it that way to not look greedy but I am not fooled

Unfortunately you are likely right.
I am now curious to see how far the Agon members push it up, hopefully not as bad as the shark infested eBay waters.

Sherpa T, pursang?

I just reported the listing. It’s a personal sale under a “verified dealer” listing. 

It would appear that Oppo has had it's last waltz.. That's all folks!

Let the bidding wars begin.

And Pursang's ruled. 

@bultaco

Oppo has not updated their website page showing that Oppo sold out of their 205 products. 

CelanderWhile that is true I think anybody who did not get on the list in early May is not going to be lucky.

For what its worth, I registered with Oppo on July 25, and got mine September 5th.
Its still in the box waiting for the 105 to exit. 

That is out of sorts with what many have reported but glad you got one!