High Quality Universal Player??

Nutty,

I'm very familiar with Audible Elegance. Spent plenty of money there over the years. I didn't know they were a Cambridge Dealer.

Interesting info from Oppo. I didn't know they had stopped production on the BDP-10x. Will be interesting to see what the replacement for the BDP-105D offers.

Let us know how your audition of the two players goes.

TIC

re: "the choice of the DAC chip (wolfson or sabre) has very little to do with sound quality"

Do you mean the brand per se?  Or the type of DAC chip?  Or that all DACs are pretty much the same now?

Oppo and others often advertise their DACs as being high-quality, and there was the One-bit phenomenon some years ago, not to mention the Burr-Brown thing...

I'm not saying that any of the above matter much, but am curious.

I’ve had the OppoBDP105D and the Cambridge Audio CXU in my system since Tuesday. They have been running 24/7. Here is my take.
Oppo...
Pro- The oppo has great mid and high frequencies.
Pro- USB, Optical, and Coax input (especially USB).
Pro- Balanced outputs.
Pro- Headphone outlet on front
Pro- Netflix/Vudu/Pandora software
Pro- 14 awg three prong grounded power cord- upgrade opportunity.

Con- The bass is a bit disconnected- it seems (((bloated))) at times.
.......................
Cambridge CXU
Pro- Music- plenty of detail and energy. Very musical.
Pro- Bass frequency is taught and frankly deeper and more in control over the Opp.

Con- No headphone output on front panel.
Con- No "stop disc" button on front of player.
Con- Two prong non grounded power cord- limited upgrade opportunity.
Con- Single ended outputs only
Con- No Netflix/Vudu/Pandora software

More to follow.

Does Oppo support streaming Tidal wirelessly through WiFi?

Oppo BDP 105D
Pro- Smart Phone App.
Pro- HDMI connections are very secure, not overly tight. 
Pro- Streaming dongle included.

Cambridge Audio CXU 
Pro- able to play Android phone (MLH) on front panel through direct connection

Con- No smart Phone App./ Wireless.
Con- HDMI connections not very secure.
Con- No USB input, only Optical and Coaxial.

Video performance is about equal. Oppo has blacks and Cambridge has more detail. So at this point the conclusion is that the Oppo has more to offer in terms of options. And I think the exterior build quality is superior.  However the Cambridge CXU's sound quality on music playback edges ahead slightly. 

N