Another idea: I just bought a $129 Sony blue ray player that also does SACD as well the usual. Great picture on regular DVD's upscaled. Plus I use the digital coax audio out direct to my Ayon CD5s DAC/preamp section, thereby bypassing the Sony's DAC and just using the Sony as a transport on audio. I am getting really nice sound doing this - much better than the RCA analogue out.
Oppo 93 vs. regular CD player?
Ok, I need to send in my Cambridge Audio 840C for a repair. I dont want to go without sounds for the month it is out so I am thinking about a backup player. It would do duty later as a second system player or could be a universal player too. I dont watch lots of DVDs but once in a while my wife will. So we were looking at a Blue Ray player anyway...just a regular $125 COSTCo item. Question is is the audio section on the Oppo 93 good enough that it will be a good backup CD player in a second system? Or should I just buy another CA player like a 650c which is $500 now at Audio Advisor or maybe one of the Marantz players that has gotten good reviews? Buying separte CD and DVD players comes out close to the same.
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