oppo 205


Has anyone upgraded an oppo 205 power supply  with a linear one ? I saw 2 models available.
robert53
If you are looking at the oppomod.com website, I would go with the "LPM SE" version for $360. It uses better electrolytic caps, better film bypass caps and better rectifier diodes.

Since you are using the Oppo 205, Clones Audio also has a linear power supply for this (scroll down to the PSUPD205 section):

https://www.clonesaudio.com/accessories-1

It is slightly more expensive at $389, but uses Mundorf for main power supply capacitor. It also looks like it uses a discrete regulator circuit and a massive metal heat base which mates flat with the bottom of the Oppo case. This provides better heat dissapation. This Clones Audio power supply only provides linear power for the 205 digital board, since the 205 already has a separate linear power supply for the audio stages.

The Oppomod lniear power supplies are generic for both 203/205 and they have to include the +15V/-15V power supplies for the 203 analog boards. Oppomod also uses the standard monolothic 78xx/79xx regulators, which are not as good as discrete regulators. But if you have a 203, the oppomod is the best way to go.

I have a linear power upgrade on my 103, which significantly improved things. I did a long write-up in this post:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/musings-on-switching-power-supplies-lps-for-oppo-directv-radi...

thanks.