Here comes the Oppo UDP-205 replacement....


Folks, 

With Oppo ceasing production of their highly revered players, I have been wondering for while as to who could possibly attempt to fill the mighty void. Well, the wait is over, here comes the Pioneer LX-800. I have owned few Pioneer players in the past and they always built high quality, full featured players. 

https://www.pioneer-audiovisual.eu/eu/news/udp-lx800-introducing-flagship-universal-disc-player-refe...

I am sure some of you have seen the shameless price gauging on the last production run of UDP 203 or 205. That’s okay by me, I am not here to judge. 

I am looking forward to owning LX-800 in very near future. Also spoke to Dan Wright other day and he thinks Pioneer would be a worthy candidate for his tube mods. 

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Only 2 channel output using lower grade DAC, namely ES9026PRO.  And a lot more expensive then Oppo 205 with a list price of £2,200.
Still, a War, it’s nice to see any machine be available..   I would expect a price increase ove Oppo.  It needs to be Multichannel, though
You could include the latest from,Panasonic DP-UB9000 as a worthy replacement as well...
But the Pioneer Elite UDP LX800 player isn't available here in the US. It's currently available only in Asia, Europe and maybe Australia / NZ region.