Oppo 205 - Basically a PC with small Analog section

It almost sounds like this thread was started to get people riled up. The statement is really ignorant and incorrect.  There may be similarities in some areas between Oppo 205 and a PC, but they are completely different beasts.

The main thing that attracted me to the 9X and 10X models was their streaming and universal disc player capabilities. I don't consider the 203 I now have as an audio device really, I only bought it to be able to play 4K discs. 

I use bluesound and roku for streaming and a nice marantz player for cd and sacd.

"IMHO the big benefits of the Oppo were the built in Dolby/DTS decoding."

     Erik is correct, the 4K 205 as well as the 1080P 105 both have high quality built in Dolby/DTS decoding utilizing multiple, top of the line and expensive ESS Sabre dac chips for both up to 7.1 ch ht surround decoding and a separate pair, along with a separate and isolated audio section, devoted to 2-ch cd/sacd/dvd-A  audio playback.  The volume is adjusted directly on these up to 32bit/192 kHz dac chips themselves so that there's no data loss.  The above means these units are able to perform all the functions of an A/V preamp processor or A/V receiver and there's no need for the extra component or expense. 
     They also both contain high quality video processors that provides improved video quality as well as upscaling to 4K for the 205 and 1080P for the 105.


Tim

IMHO the big benefits of the Oppo were the built in Dolby/DTS decoding.

^As is most every other disc player. The alternative described will unlikely be able to play SACD natively. The analog section of the Oppo 205 is truly balanced and has a bigger tranny than most. It might be difficult to assemble the proposed alternative for the $1300 Oppo was originally asking. Even if one could, doing all that the 205 can would be challenging.