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High Quality Universal Player??

I’m interested in a disc player for CD, SACD, and cinema DVDs, Blue-Ray.

It MUST have equal or better sound quality than my current Cal Audio HDCD player.

Ideas? How about the Cambridge Audio Azur 651BD Universal Blu-ray/SACD/DVD/CD Player?

or the newer 751? Also, what is the difference between the 751 and 651?

I’d laos like to buy form a company large enough to stay in business for a while :)
randy-11

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larryrs
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I have both the Oppo BDP-103 and the BDP-105D and have used both in the same system.  Substituting the 105D for the 103 was a definite improvement in sound quality to my ears.  They do use different DACs. The 105D uses the ESS Sabre32 32-bit DAC (ES9018), the BDP-103 uses a 24-bit Cirrus Logic DAC (CS4382A).  My Oppos, by the way, are used in systems with Maggies (1.7i or 3.7i), if that has any import for the OP.

LarryRS
larryrs
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randy-11 wrote:
"I tried out an Oppo BDP-103 vs. my current Cal Audio for a while. I liked the Oppo but it did not sound any better and it could not receive my iTunes Apple Lossless files over WiFi, so I sent it back. There is a currently active thread on this"

Can you point me to that thread?  This is on the "Unofficial Oppo BDP Frequently Asked Questions" site:

Is Apple Lossless Audio Codec supported?

Yes, ALAC has been supported since firmware 58-0719 in July 2013.

The BDP-103/5 supports ALAC with a sample rate of 8k-192kHz, bit depth of 16 or 24bit, and 1 or 2 channels.

LarryRS
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