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Using Oppo 105 as an AV Receiver

Pretty new to the audio world and a little confused. My current set up is as follows
Marantz av7005,
Rotel RMB 1075
Monitor Audio RX6 Speakers
Sony BDP 780 - 3D Blue Ray
Panasonic GT30

My question is this. Looking for a high end universal player which I can use to stream music, play cd's but also watch movies etc. Thinking about purchasing an OPPO 105 Darbee edition. However can I use the Oppo as an AV Receiver/power amp on it's own? Would the sound quality be better with the units I have and the Oppo or would the Oppo 105 be sufficient with out the Marantz and the Rotel even being needed. I listen to music 60% and movies 40% of the time. As my Marantz and Rotel are worth about $1400 is there anything that would be better as a universal player that can act as an av receiver, amp and have much better sound than the 105 up to around $3,000 either new or used?

Excuse my lack of knowledge when it comes to Hifi as I am very new to this.

Look forward to hearing from you
morty74

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runnin
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The Oppo 105 has 7.1 outputs and a volume control as well as independent speaker level adjustments. It also has 2 HDMI inputs, which it can process.

So it could be connected directly to your Rotel amp and viewing device, but it can't power speakers by itself. I tried this with the Oppo 103 and it ran fine for a while, but then started to exhibit low level hiss which I couldn't neutralize. It also made low level clicking noises when employing various functions. I swapped it out with my Oppo 95, which also has the 7.1 outputs but no inputs. It seemed to run my 7 channel amp fine, and it had been running an amp without issue in a 2 channel system.

So I'd do some more research, or maybe phone up Oppo directly and ask them what they would advise.
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