High Quality Universal Player??


I’m interested in a disc player for CD, SACD, and cinema DVDs, Blue-Ray.

It MUST have equal or better sound quality than my current Cal Audio HDCD player.

Ideas? How about the Cambridge Audio Azur 651BD Universal Blu-ray/SACD/DVD/CD Player?

or the newer 751? Also, what is the difference between the 751 and 651?

I’d laos like to buy form a company large enough to stay in business for a while :)
randy-11
Oppp 105D or 105. using oneboard DAC for CD, SACD playback. If you prefer Tidal, using IPad App to control the OPPO. Sound super.
I thought the Cambridge used the Oppo 105 guts with a slightly different out put stage? at least that's what the dealer told me. maybe i'm getting the models mixed up.
How good of a system would one need to be able to appreciate the difference in 2 channel analog out sound quality between the Oppo BDP-103 and BDP-105D? Is it obvious on a reasonable good 2 channel receiver such as a Yamaha RS300 with some Polk towers; or do you need McIntosh separates and Sonus Fabers?

And is the 105D 2.6 times better?
unh... not a fan of McIntosh (except the looks and build quality)

a quantitative assessment is impossible, esp. to 0.1 level

now... Oppo has a wonderful 30 trial policy and it is very fair - you only pay shipping one way

also, they are working on new players

and as a universal player, it will handle video too

you might want to do what I am doing - assembling some program material to really test things carefully

e.g. rip 2 copies of a favorite CD; you will put one copy on each player with a few seconds time lag on one of them and then listen to the exact same passage twice - right after the other one

for material, I usually pick female vocals, something with snare drums (listen for that first impulse 'hit') and high quality recordings/mastering

e.g. I use the famous jazz at the Pawnshop for part of it, even tho it is not my favorite jazz