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OPPO BDP95 anybody have any comments yet?

I have had mine for about a week now and wow it's pretty impressive. The remote has to be aimed right at the player to work. The sound from the balanced outputs seems great, nice tonal balance from top to bottom. Blue-ray's seem to sound the best so far, SACD's are nice. I don't think for the money it can be beat and the video is stunningly good for me anyway, much better than the PS3. The audio is also much better than the PS3 for whatever that is worth, although mine(PS3) will play SACD's I think a real SACD player is better.

Mine did a software update right away when I hooked it up to the network.

I'm sure there will be improvements coming but I like the sheer convenience of having a player that plays it all. I have this one in a strictly 2 channel system, has anyone used the various surround set-up's yet?

Rob
rminsf
tbg
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Wildoats, I think you are right about the Sabre chips. But several of us prefer the Crystal chips.
rminsf OP
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I like the discussion, I am still trying things with mine played some video last night from the USB actually played very well. Unfortunately with my current speakers it's hard for me to judge everything spatelly compared to my MBL's. I will say I like the tone and balance of everything from top to bottom. Dynamically it's OK, trebble and midrange are as nice as the bottom end, very tight and articulate but not harsch at all for such an inexpensive player.

Could some of you Crystal Chip lovers expand in a little more detail on your experiences, what you like and don't like?

Rob
classicjazz
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Can someone confirm the sampling rate the BDP-95 outputs an SACD that is converted to PCM? I know the BDP-83 output 24 bit, 88.2 kHz. I am wondering whether the newer machine outputs at 24/176.4 or 24/192.

Thanks.

William
dob
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Is SACD is always converted into PCM in "95" ? If so its bad
rgd
656 posts
 
No the 95 does not always convert DSD to PCM. You can set the menu to output DSD at the analog outputs. There is lengthy thread over at AVS that will pretty much tell you everything you want to know about the 95
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