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hey what a response in my situation it is a no brainer...thanks to all , especially reubent who suggest it in the beginning....i love the hunt...so it is settled ill do the 983 as soon as i can get one....thanks to all dwhitt leaving the hobby, boy it has been a long traveled road..since 1956 .....sal marantz tube, mcintosh tube, ads, krell, cary, vandersteen, advent, ads, totem, linn boy what fun , thanks

G4M,

Thanks for correcting my Oppo URL mistake.

The 20 volume steps could be an issue for many people depending on the gain of their amp. In my case, I can simply turn down the gain of the amps (volume control on each speaker's built-in amps), so each click of the volume control on the Oppo does not create such a large jump in volume.

Let us know how you like the 983. Who's mod'ing it for you?

TIC

shultz

My 970h sounded really good, very very enjoyable, but it was no match for my $3000 Cary cdp. The Cary had way more authority, larger soundstage, and a more saturated sound.

I traded up to the 980 to get 1080p upconversion for my new Panasonic plasma. To my surprise, the 980 does seem competition for my Cary player (now a $2500 Cary 308T). The Cary sound is still meater, richer, and still the king, but the 980 sound is saturated, very realistic.... and I can definitely see building a high end system around it.

I was caught off guard at the improvement in the Oppo sound.

There is some possibility that the improvement is in part due to my taking extra time working with the menu's of the unit, making all the settings appropriate for audio (e.g. turn off the HDMI output since I'm using just the analogue outs for the moment, etc.). I had never done that with the 970.

Art

ok ill look at the 70 it should be easier to get thanks guys..dwhitt