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Oppo BDP-105D just for CDs?

When my nice older Arcam CD player died I did not replace it with comparable equipment since I mostly listen to my CDs ripped anyway. I have a $15 thrift store DVD for rare CD listening. It doesn't sound terrible but I'm sure a quality CD player would sound better. I just haven't wanted to spend money on one.

Now, I have an opportunity to get an Oppo BDP-105D blu-ray player for little or no money. It is currently part of a high end home theater system.

I have no interest in blu-ray or home theater whatsoever.

So what I'm wondering is would the CD playback be high quality from this unit? (I know nothing about Oppo except that I think they are defunct now). It says it will also play SACDs as well. I'm assuming it will sound worlds better than my Toshiba thrift store DVD player so getting the Oppo is not the issue. The issue is that I see these units for sale for around $800 or more used. If the CD playback is high end and without serious compromise then I will just keep the Oppo and use it as a dedicated CD player. But if CD playback is just so-so and all the value is in the blu-ray component of it then I can sell it and for $800 I assume I could get a better dedicated CD/SACD player.

Any thoughts or advice much appreciated.
n80
n80 OP
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I got the Oppo.

CD sound quality is far better than the thrift store Toshiba DVD player. Fantastic really.

I have not found the remote or the wifi stick that came with it. Cannot change settings without those so I have not been able to use its DAC for playing off my music server but suspect it will sound much better than the Schiit Modi 2.

The remote and wifi stick are likely in a box somewhere in a storage building. Needle in a haystack but I’ll find them eventually.

I can hard wire it into my router and plug it into a TV and work on settings that way with the iPhone app which is still available.

If it could stream Amazon music this would be a complete (and completely free) solution for me.

But, even if it won’t and even if I only use it as a CD player then it is still a huge step up from what I had.

PS: I also got a pair of Aerial Acoustic 6T towers and 5T bookshelf speakers with Transparent cables.

There was other stuff in the estate. High end home theater stuff which I do not want. Bryston amp, Classe pre amp, gorgeous JL audio powered subs. I'm an selling that stuff for the executor.


n80 OP
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Update: Using universal remote to run the Oppo and it works fine.

Got my music server plugged into the Oppo and I believe its DAC sounds superior to the Schiit.

Will probably get a long ethernet cable and hardwire it into Oppo from my router to test if I can run Amazon Music through it. This will also allow me to use the Oppo app on my iPhone but if it won’t run Amazon Music then that is fairly pointless.
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dustin_collman
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Good to hear you are enjoying it. If you are running it as a strictly CD/SACD player there are several settings that you will want to change. All of which can be done using the cell phone app. 

n80 OP
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I have been through the various menus and I think I made the appropriate changes but are there specific ones or typical ones that you suggest?
chayro
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I had a 205 for about a year and I found that putting a #3 Vibrapod under each foot really improved the sound.  I am not one to put aftermarket feet under everything out of habit, but I had the Vibrapods sitting around and thought I would try it.  Really made it sound much richer and harmonically complete.  Worth a try, IMO. 
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