Is OPPO worth the inflated price?

Thanks, everyone, really appreciate your input!

@mzkmxcv,

Transparency doesn’t always equates to musicality. You are one of those folks that judge a component performance based on its measurement data and then forms an opinion. I bet you anything you’re one of those that defy anything audio or else unless you see the measurement data.

For you, listening experience is not necessary. That’s where we will never see eye to eye. And that’s ok with me 😉

I have a bunch of Oppo players.  Two 103Ds, one in the bedroom and one in the main system.  The main system is just used for video (it's an integrated AV system but I probably watch 10 movies/year and it has a projector and probably stuff like the Super Bowl and that's it).  I rarely watch a disc in the bedroom but sometimes used the Oppo app to play music outside as the bedroom feeds the outdoor speakers.  I also have an old (Modwright solid state) modded BDP-83 in the main system as it can output 192kHz via the coax digital into my DAC if I so desire.

I have a 93 in the upstairs bonus room (basically a guest bedroom) with a hard drive filled with music.  I have an old DV-980h in my 4k system which also has a 203.  I own a whole 9 UHD movies and it is my back-up 3D system (have a 55 inch UHD TV).  So I've probably played no more that 20 movies on the 203 and when I was running some systems at an audio get together, it may have been used briefly to demo reading files from my NAS.  I've considered selling the 203 (and if someone wants to make me an offer even at 10% less than some of the insane prices go ahead)

Who are the buyers? People exactly like you. The reason "you had your eye on it for some time" is the same reason others do also. The price is not inflated, it is the market value.