Is OPPO worth the inflated price?

@lalitk  
 
I stated it’s one of the most transparent DACs out there. That may sound boring to you if you aren’t looking to listen to your music as is truly sounds. Either way, if you can disprove my claim on it being one of the best in terms of transparency, I welcome it; I’m not gonna argue on your sighted+informed subjective opinion, as that’s your truth.

I have a 105 and a 203, but no way would I pay that kind of money for it, especially just as a disc spinner..  if CD replay is your only priority, $3500 will buy you some several times more refined than an Oppo.  If you need a Universal Player, look to Pioneer and Sony.
  As usual, my recommendation would be to get a good DAC and and use something for a transport. Again, if spinning CDs is all the OP wants to do, a dedicated transport from Cambridge and a Mytek Brooklyn, for example, will cost them $2500 and be several times better than an Oppo.
  The beauty of Oppo was that they made solid equipment that would spin any format, be a killer Video player that could have apps added to it,, be used as a DAC, and even stream, all in one chassis at a reasonable price. That doesn’t mean that for CD replay alone it should merit being priced in the stratosphere.

Thanks, everyone, really appreciate your input!

@mzkmxcv,

Transparency doesn’t always equates to musicality. You are one of those folks that judge a component performance based on its measurement data and then forms an opinion. I bet you anything you’re one of those that defy anything audio or else unless you see the measurement data.

For you, listening experience is not necessary. That’s where we will never see eye to eye. And that’s ok with me 😉

I have a bunch of Oppo players.  Two 103Ds, one in the bedroom and one in the main system.  The main system is just used for video (it's an integrated AV system but I probably watch 10 movies/year and it has a projector and probably stuff like the Super Bowl and that's it).  I rarely watch a disc in the bedroom but sometimes used the Oppo app to play music outside as the bedroom feeds the outdoor speakers.  I also have an old (Modwright solid state) modded BDP-83 in the main system as it can output 192kHz via the coax digital into my DAC if I so desire.

I have a 93 in the upstairs bonus room (basically a guest bedroom) with a hard drive filled with music.  I have an old DV-980h in my 4k system which also has a 203.  I own a whole 9 UHD movies and it is my back-up 3D system (have a 55 inch UHD TV).  So I've probably played no more that 20 movies on the 203 and when I was running some systems at an audio get together, it may have been used briefly to demo reading files from my NAS.  I've considered selling the 203 (and if someone wants to make me an offer even at 10% less than some of the insane prices go ahead)