I recently purchased the Oppo UDP-205 to use strictly for a modest SACD collection. It does not decode HDCD which is disappointing, but I suppose it's to keep costs down. A friend and I compared an Oppo BDP-95 with a Cambridge CXU with the Oppo UDP-205 for SACD and the 205 wins hands down. On SACD it is superb.
However, I feel the 205 is sadly lacking in CD playback. I presently use a Cambridge CXC transport and Benchmark DAC2 for CD's and am very impressed with the sound quality. Probably the error correction on the transport makes a huge difference.
Am wondering if anyone else has experience with the Cambridge CXC transport and what DAC it is coupled with.
However, I feel the 205 is sadly lacking in CD playback. I presently use a Cambridge CXC transport and Benchmark DAC2 for CD's and am very impressed with the sound quality. Probably the error correction on the transport makes a huge difference.
Am wondering if anyone else has experience with the Cambridge CXC transport and what DAC it is coupled with.