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Choosing a CD or SACD player over my Oppo BDP 95

Greetings! This is a branch off of an earlier thread. I am considering an dedicated cd and/or sacd player as un upgrade over my Oppo BDP 95 universal player. Consensus seems to be that this will provide "better" red book playback which is 95% of my listening. As it is nearly impossible to do live listening comparisons where I live, I ask my fellow ’Goners for their input and suggestions. My system consists of said Oppo, Magnepan .7’s and Parasound Halo integrated.
Thanks!
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bpoletti
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Use your Hippo... I mean Oppo as a transport. Get the DAC listed below which has various D-to-A rates. Connect using toslink to help isolate the ground of the Oppo from the DAC (and, potentially, the rest of the system).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251473429943?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

This DAC sounds particularly nice and compares well against very expensive DACs. It is an absolute steal. And If you don’t like it, the cost is so low that won’t matter.  

This is a SIGNIFICANT step up in performance over the Oppo. 




bpoletti
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"This is a SIGNIFICANT step up in performance over the Oppo"

"Ha! I doubt that seriously!! You would have to spend well over $2500 to get a "better" sounding DAC...really, give it a good source and you will see. And not a wireless or TOSLINK connected source either! Use a USB audio 2.0 connected source for native DSD capability.

Matt M"


No, it doesn't take much to beat BDP95.  And that little DAC is quite good.  In a blind A-B, even the little Onkyo C-7030 smokes the BPD95.

Ha!  Crom laughs at your comment! 


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