Is OPPO worth the inflated price?


I've had my eye on the now discontinued OPPO UDP-205 for some time (more for playing my CD's than for video)  but am discouraged that units which last sold retail for $1299 are now asking $3500. Is this worth it and if so who are the buyers? Would appreciate the group's input. . 
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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)
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Who are the buyers? People exactly like you. The reason "you had your eye on it for some time" is the same reason others do also. The price is not inflated, it is the market value.
My money Invested on a CD player would go to Arcam (probably).
I've never heard the OPPO player.
@lalitk

Transparency doesn’t always equates to musicality.

Musicality is a non-descript term, might as well say “The sound was too orange.” No one knows exactly what someone else means when they use that term. I used transparency, which is easily understood, meaning it adds no colorations. I prefer no colorations/distortions (let me hear my music, not my gear), and I stated the 205 was one of the best on the planet for this purpose, I have no arguments on what you find “musical”.  
  
Now, I would not use a CD Player as a DAC, so the 205 doesn’t interest me, and even for its transparency, I wouldn’t spend that much (even the Chord Qutest or Benchmark DAC3B are question marks for me).