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Oppo 203 setup/tweaks
My experience with the 203 as with the 105 is with its own internal DAC where it is a AKM (Japanese) and Sabre respectively.  With 4 of the digital filters the 203 was good but did not come up to the 105 in audio performance, but, on the 5th (supe... 
Class D is just Dandy!
Taking a pure listening approach in evaluating class D amplification I can say that with most of my experience being with the W4S STI-1000, ICEpower, it has provided the longest service of audio satisfaction of any single piece of audio equipm... 
Looking for CD player recommendations that are a great match with Classe & Vandersteen
Further discussion on the OPPO 203:  It has a new DAC chip, AK4458VN, from the Japanese company AKM  with built in 5 selectable filter rates.  If it wasn't for the 5th and slowest rate I would not have made the change from 105 to 203.  The feature... 
Looking for CD player recommendations that are a great match with Classe & Vandersteen
I can recommend the OPPO 203 which now has selectable filter slopes on the DAC and when set to the "super slow" setting the audio outperforms, by my opinion, the OPPO 105.  I sold my 105 after comparing it and buying the 203 ($549).