Oppo and most all the online stores are sold out of the 205.....Oppo told me there are no more coming. If you can find one now at retail, you are lucky. There are some 203s left but they will probably be all gone within a few days/weeks. Crutchfield sold over 100 205s earlier this week. Feeding frenzy. Some retailers are selling the last 205s for $2500 and yes, there are ones on ebay for $3500. If I had the money I would have bought 10 of them on Monday and then sold them in the fall for $3000+ each.
What is so amazing the Oppo finally got it right and then had to bail. The 205 and the Sonica were the first Oppo products stock that I could stand. They actually sound good when burned in. With mods, they are outrageous.....way, way out there. I have spent the last year tweaking and re-tweaking my mods to the Sonica and now I will be putting all those mods and more into the 205 (info on my website in about one week re the basic mods)......but the only people who will get to enjoy these mods are ones who already have a 205 as they will be hard to come by from now on....including used. And they will fetch a ton of money used.