Oppo 83 transport and DAC


I love LPs, but have listened to more SACDs and CDs in the last few years (mostly international folk songs and music). Getting OPPO 83 for Blu-ray recently, I don't know how I can max out Oppo audio quality to my MFA Magus Pre-amp and Sun Audio 2A3 power amp, and Lowther's speakers (set up purposely for my Teres turntable and Shelter's cartridge). I heard that the OPPO 83's weakest link is its DAC, so I wonder what DACs will work with the 83's transport well to give me the midrange and extended bass I am used to. I do not want to spend $5K DAC that will not help the 83's transport. So, Question 1: Anyone knows how good the 83's transport is? Question 2: Which DAC will work for my 83's? MSB Link III, Musical Fidelity A3 (24), MHdT Havana or Paradisea, CAL Sigma, Benchmark, TUDAC, PS audio, Cambridge Audio? Help! thanks
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Just buy the oppo bdp-83SE (special edition), or have oppo upgrade your 83 to the SE. It's rated Class A in Stereophile's Recommended Components.
P.S., I'm not sure if Oppo upgrades. Nu-Force will and then some!
Hi

I just thought I'd throw this out there. I currently use a stock Oppo BDP-83 as a transport to an older external DAC (McCormack DAC-1). It is connected via a Monoprice Toslink cable with the premium metal connector. When I get back to my listening position I then set the Oppo BDP-83 to Pure Audio. To me and my surprise this set-up sounds better than the stock 2 channel analog section of the BDP-83. The music just sounds more alive and detailed with the music coming from the DAC-1 rather than the Oppo.

I would have loved to have tried the upgrade to the Oppo BDP-83SE but at the time it was out of my reach money wise.

I think Oppo will be offering new BD players soon so I'll keep an eye out for that.
The older Oppo players have jitter issues. Get a digital signal reclocker that reduces the jitter before sending the signal to an external DAC. Just my 2 cents.