Oppo Nuforce BDP-93NE

Glad to hear it! these are indeed 500hr burn in units and well worth the wait, I previously thought about 300 should do it and stopped counting, but when it hit around 450 still new details where emerging! However not as pronounced as the other milestones but caught my attention!

Just received mine yesterday, out of the box I am actually quite impressed with it's analogue playback. My system is very transparent which is great for evaluating new players. Well done Nuforce! Will be buring in the player over the next couple of weeks. My only gripe is no dedicated L/R stereo outputs, for a reference component this should have dedicated XLR connections.

You will probably find it actually sounds better after you've played it for awhile. It will suddenly dawn on you how the sound has simply opened up and flows. To hear this replay your first few disc again and you'll hear what I'm saying. Pretty amazing isn't it? Enjoy and let us know how it's going. cheers, lloyd. PS I do agree with you on the lack of dedicated L/R stereo outputs. I suppose Oppo had to keep cost down.

3 questions:

1. Has anyone actually had the chance to compare a stock 95 vs a Nu Force 93 (I'm interested in both cd & SACD/DVD-A)?

2. Has anyone had the chance to compare the standard Nu Force 93 vs the "Extreme" Nu Force 93?

3. Does anyone know if the Oppo BDP-95 region free firmware (DVD only, doesn't make Blu R free) on ebay will also work with the Nu Force's?

I've actually emailed Nu Force 2x with no reply. There local dealer was kind enough to respond, but they are not providing him with demos of the Blu's so he hasn't heard them!

I hope the reason Nu Force hasn't replied (it's been several weeks) is spam filters & not crummy customer service!

Call them. They're good about picking up the phone.