High Quality Universal Player??

reubent, auxinput,  (I do prefer balanced outputs as the rest of my gear is balanced and most all of my cables)....

The local shop that I have been dealing with for about 20 years Audible Elegance in Montgomery, Oh. They having are  celebrating  their "30th anniversary".

In addition, I messaged Oppo in regards to production and availability of the BDP105 and here was their response.

We are no longer manufacturing or selling the BDP-10x series of players as we are replacing the BDP-103/D players with the UDP-203 UHD Player (http://oppodigital.com/uhd/) and will be manufacturing a replacement for the BDP-105/D players by early-2017.

Best Regards, 

Customer Service
OPPO Digital, Inc.
162 Constitution Dr. Menlo Park, CA 94025 Service@oppodigital.com
Tel: 650-961-1118
Fax: 650-961-1119

I contacted Audio Advisor and they had a few left in stock. Only black units. I ordered one and it shipped this afternoon. I will demo it first. I can return if it doesn't perform well. It appears the Cambridge CXU will have pleanty of availability. 

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Nutty,

I'm very familiar with Audible Elegance. Spent plenty of money there over the years. I didn't know they were a Cambridge Dealer.

Interesting info from Oppo. I didn't know they had stopped production on the BDP-10x. Will be interesting to see what the replacement for the BDP-105D offers.

Let us know how your audition of the two players goes.

TIC

re: "the choice of the DAC chip (wolfson or sabre) has very little to do with sound quality"

Do you mean the brand per se?  Or the type of DAC chip?  Or that all DACs are pretty much the same now?

Oppo and others often advertise their DACs as being high-quality, and there was the One-bit phenomenon some years ago, not to mention the Burr-Brown thing...

I'm not saying that any of the above matter much, but am curious.

I’ve had the OppoBDP105D and the Cambridge Audio CXU in my system since Tuesday. They have been running 24/7. Here is my take.
Oppo...
Pro- The oppo has great mid and high frequencies.
Pro- USB, Optical, and Coax input (especially USB).
Pro- Balanced outputs.
Pro- Headphone outlet on front
Pro- Netflix/Vudu/Pandora software
Pro- 14 awg three prong grounded power cord- upgrade opportunity.

Con- The bass is a bit disconnected- it seems (((bloated))) at times.
.......................
Cambridge CXU
Pro- Music- plenty of detail and energy. Very musical.
Pro- Bass frequency is taught and frankly deeper and more in control over the Opp.

Con- No headphone output on front panel.
Con- No "stop disc" button on front of player.
Con- Two prong non grounded power cord- limited upgrade opportunity.
Con- Single ended outputs only
Con- No Netflix/Vudu/Pandora software

More to follow.

Does Oppo support streaming Tidal wirelessly through WiFi?