Oppo, great video reviews,, but good transport????

Hi Chad,

I tried my Oppo with my Monarchy M24 DAC and got really ho-hum results. My original Rega Planet was considerably better as a transport. And I've now found that the Rega Apollo makes a great transport when paired with the M24. That combination provides more musical detail and nuance than the Apollo by itself and seriously outclasses the Oppo/M24 combination.

My feeling after having tried the Oppo is that it has a little more potential as a stand-alone player than a high-end transport. But again, other more expensive stand-alone players will outclass the Oppo in that regard.

For the money ($150) you can't knock the Oppo, but in my view it doesn't challenge more expensive transports or stand alone CD players.

The audio section of the Oppo probably would fare well against stand alone players of $500 or less. I think more than that would be pushing it, but still, at $150, it's got to be a great value. But just for the sake of argument a used Rega Planet will outperform it on audio both as a transport and a stand alone player.