Comments on: Universal Disk Players Placed on Endangered Species List

By: Lone Star Audio Fest 2018 - Positive Feedback

Lone Star Audio Fest 2018 - Positive Feedback — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 22:14:36 +0000

[…] input. So the laptop full of music was set aside in favor of a trusty OPPO BDP-95, these orphans (HERE) continue to deliver the Hi-Fi goods. The credenza style equipment rack is also an ACG design CNC […]

By: tonye

tonye — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 01:21:00 +0000

I long ago gave up on buying boxes.

Since 1998, when I built my first home theater PC, I have not bought a CD/DVD player. Bypassed the !d!otic SACD / DVD-A format wars ( again.. don't they ever learn? ) and stuck to my turntable, cartridge, phone preamp as the deliver of high resolution music.

What makes me sad about Oppo is that they were finally getting there. Ditching the disc spinner and building an USB3 multi format Audio/Video DAC.

Using a laptop or Apple/Android tablet as the driver, keeping your recording in your local NAS or streaming it over the Internet. Using the Oppo as the renderer.

They were sooo close. I even emailed them two years about this but they were too wedded to the past. They could not give up their polycarbonate.

Sad. Oh, btw, I'm listening to my Oppo PM3s while I type this.

By: Gerald Bearman

Gerald Bearman — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:45:00 +0000

If Oppo 205 sounds as good as reviews indicate, why are there very expensive mods available for a player I found unlistenable. Best IMO universal player is the excellent sounding amazing value underated Sony UBP-1000ES with its 32 bit dac.

By: David Philip

David Philip — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 17:59:00 +0000

The Yamaha Yamaha BD-A1060 should be in the 4K upscale category.