Should I sell my Oppo 205?


Please help me decide. Is there a logical reason for current prices on used Oppo 205? I bought mine few years ago brand new for around $1500. I've hardly used it since, maybe 2-3 Blue rays per year max. I have a pretty good collection of blue rays 4k movies. My questions:

1. Is there nothing else on the market to compete with this relatively old player?

2. What is so special about this oppo ?

3. Is it likely to become more in demand in the future?
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The Oppo is a DVD/SACD player that does a lot of things well, but not up to true audiophile standards.  It is a 1400.00 unit built to a price point and is decent for the money.  Decent at $1400.00 but it is not as good as a more expensive player and certainly not worth what they are being asked for now.  It is a toy compared to an Esoteric player or the higher end Technics, Denon, Yamaha players.  If you people really think it is as good as more expensive players, you are only fooling yourself.
Have liked it since I bought it.Had a denon 3910 which was good but didnt have the flexibilty of the oppo.Keep it ,its really good at what it does.
It seems to me that selling an item while it still has value as being a wise move especially if you're not really using it. There's likely few if any spare parts for these Oppo units so if you can get good money for it, then sell and move on.
I had a 205 for two years. Sold it $2k and bought an Innuos Zen 3
which has no DAC but streams, burns & stores. $2.2K.

I also bought a separate DAC. The difference between the Oppo
DAC and the new DAC $1.5k is where the real sound improvement
happened.
The next week with an hour between appts I went in a Goodwill
and bought a BDP 93 Oppo player. Still had the remote $18.

So I can still watch BlueRay movies and listen to DVDs.

Advice to the OP? Keep it. Last of a legacy and you still need it
for the Blue Ray stuff.

But do upgrade your DAC asap.


The real reason to keep it if you no longer play Blue Rays is to use it for a Universal Disc Player. Other than the Sony ubpx800m2, It & its bigger sibling play CD, SACD, DVD Audio & Pure Blue Ray Audio. The Oppos have multi channel analog out so you don't have to use the buggy Hdmi connection. If you don't need the multi-channel out or the Universal disc feature, then sell it.