Who is planning to buy the oppo-95 and...?

Is it just me or is Oppo seem like less and less of a bargain? Used to be a few years ago they were putting out great products at a seemingly cheap price, at near $1000 its a little blurry now.

I've always thought of a bargain as something that has extraordinary performance for any particular price. I don't think any of us knows what the performance of the 95 will be yet. If it's significantly better than others in the $1000 price range, I will personally consider it a bargain; which is different than saying whether I can afford it or not.

I put my reservation in to Oppo and will buy the BDP-95.
Oppo is not stupid. They know what their up against and you
can bet your sweet bippy they voiced the unit to compete against the top universal players from Lexicon,Ayre,Denon,
Marantz and McIntosh. It weighs six pounds more than previous models. A much larger power supply and transformer
and the worlds best DAC's, the SABRE32 ESS9018's. Their wholesale cost for the two DAC chips is $ 78.00. JUST BUY IT! It also has a new transport that is better built and dead quiet. Its a whole new design from the ground up. A STEAL!!

OPPO is changing direction IMO. I think they see the money they can make by marking things up in the hi end audio world. I have moved on...

I think you are onto something there Sthomas and the water gets murky real quick in that end of the hobby.