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Choosing a CD or SACD player over my Oppo BDP 95

Greetings! This is a branch off of an earlier thread. I am considering an dedicated cd and/or sacd player as un upgrade over my Oppo BDP 95 universal player. Consensus seems to be that this will provide "better" red book playback which is 95% of my listening. As it is nearly impossible to do live listening comparisons where I live, I ask my fellow ’Goners for their input and suggestions. My system consists of said Oppo, Magnepan .7’s and Parasound Halo integrated.
Thanks!
Beernut
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beernut OP
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Thanks lynott!
seikosha
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The Oppo 95 and 105 use the same dacs.  In conversations with Oppo at the time of the changeover, I was told that if I didn't mind the fan and was only going to use it as a two channel CD player, there were no differences.  The big improvements between the two models were on the AV side.
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beernut OP
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seikosha, I had heard that as well. Then I talk to people who swear the 105 sounds more refined. I guess I'll find out soon, thanks for the input. If anything, I'll have the latest...
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jafant
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Keep me posted & Happy Listening! beernut.
bpoletti
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Use your Hippo... I mean Oppo as a transport. Get the DAC listed below which has various D-to-A rates. Connect using toslink to help isolate the ground of the Oppo from the DAC (and, potentially, the rest of the system).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251473429943?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

This DAC sounds particularly nice and compares well against very expensive DACs. It is an absolute steal. And If you don’t like it, the cost is so low that won’t matter.  

This is a SIGNIFICANT step up in performance over the Oppo. 




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