Thanks for the response. That's a good point - mechanical components are likely to fail well before electronics.
I'm curious how you would characterize the sound/performance of your M51 - especially the sound-stage. Naturally, I prefer totally neutrality, but I'm generally OK if a component is a tiny bit on either side of neutral so long as the sound-stage - the overall width, height and depth with proper separation and placement of instruments and vocals within the 3D space - is truly spectacular. Would you say your Oppo/M51 combo meets this criteria? I assume you're going HDMI from your Oppo to your M51.
I'm curious how you would characterize the sound/performance of your M51 - especially the sound-stage. Naturally, I prefer totally neutrality, but I'm generally OK if a component is a tiny bit on either side of neutral so long as the sound-stage - the overall width, height and depth with proper separation and placement of instruments and vocals within the 3D space - is truly spectacular. Would you say your Oppo/M51 combo meets this criteria? I assume you're going HDMI from your Oppo to your M51.