Is OPPO losing it's way?

as long as they can make a $1200 universal player that sounds as good as a $4,000 SACD player, I'm fine with it

I guess, but you can see the road that leads down.  Maybe someday they'll make a $4000 player that sounds as good as a $6000 player.  It's leaving their original $500 customers in the dust.  They sell great products, just not in the sub $1000 range anymore.  That's the "way" they might be losing.

The Oppo 83 was all they could do at $500.  To give you the better analog stages and DACs and power supplies they had to make it a bigger machine and charge you $900.  The of course, the newer ones got even better and slightly more expensive.  The new 4K baby machine coming out will be $500.  It will be better in every way than an 83....better picture, better sound and more features.  Hardly losing their way!  Of course, they will have a more expensive version with better DACs and power supplies, etc. No one has ever given as much value as Oppo. They have the highest resale value of any component.  Heck, right now, the last few 105Ds that dealers have are selling for way more than the list price. 

I am using Oppo105 Tidal music streaming at 44.1Khz/16bits. The sound is amazing. I would prefer an Oppo105D so I can use foobar to stream SACD. Using Ipad Oppo Media Control is so easy. I connect Oppo to Amp directly using Oppo volume control because Oppo has 32bit DAC.

Oppo is a huge phone maker in China & I am interested that they are in the audiophile disc player market at all - I've only seen one interview with the head honcho (or one of them) but I get the impression he is interested in sound himself

no business has the say 'way' or direction as all their customers - just enjoy it while it lasts