Recall the title of this thread. Which of the high-end spinners is a Blu-ray player? I use an Ayre C-5xeMP for stereo, but it can't play Blu-ray discs; I use an Oppo 105D for that.
I find my MVP881BR does a terrific job. Musical, natural, built like a tank. The DVD up sampling is excellent, too. Since they were recently discontinued, they are dropping quite a bit in price. A far better deck than Oppo, IMO.
As always, there are compromises with anything. You pays your monies and takes your chances. Good luck & happy listening!
I would like to add Pioneer BDP-88FD to the list. While you can't beat best value offerings from Oppo and Cambridge Audio, Pioneer produced great sounding and well built reference players over the years.
whatjd, if I may suggest, you might as well wait a while for upcoming offerings from Oppo or Cambridge that will also play 4K UHD's along with regular blu rays.
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