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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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davejaz
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I also have a BDP-105 and have asked myself the same question.  

It has so much flexibility, I find it hard to part with.


I primarily use it as a DAC for USB from Roon. It performs the 2nd Tidal unfold and also works well with Qobuz. I connect it to my AR REF5 with a nice XLR cable and the sound is excellent.

For those of you who have replaced the Oppo DAC, I’d like to hear how far you had to go to improve the sound. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK !


I use the 2nd USB for a drive to play my DSD files natively. Roon will not do this.


Sometimes I use the Preamp HT bypass when I want to control volume from the preamp only. This works well and I can only hear minor differences driving my amp directly from the Oppo. So I can use it as a complete 2ch digital preamp. I could live with this if it weren’t for the need to play vinyl which I do often, thus the need for the AR preamp. which sounds wonderful.


I also use both HDMI inputs - 1 for cable box and one for Roku so I can play video in stereo. I like it! I just have a small flat screen mounted above speakers so it doesn’t seem to interfere with imaging.


It’s nice to have toslink and coax, inputs and outputs, for occasional use.


I also have an Esoteric DV50 that I love for CD and find it hard to part with as well but the Oppo is still quite nice and I could use it if I sold the Esoteric.


The Oppo is a unique hi performance swiss army knife. There are few options. I just saw an ad for a new Technics SL-G700 ($3000). It’s probably close in performance with updated technology...covers most of the Oppo functionality but no HDMI.



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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.
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pjr801
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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.
bflopez
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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.
chorus
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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.


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