The best CD Player for the money

Definetely hard to beat modified or upgraded units for the money. I have not heard too many stock players but I have heard players ranging from 5 to over 10k in my system and they don't compete with a real good upgraded player.

OPPO universal cd player. cd, sacd, dvd-audio,hdcd. Really sounds good especially the sacd, dvd-audio. Under $200 for the player. No it isn't built like a battleship, but for those who are on a budget this is a great sounding cd player, period. read reviews in absolute sound mag.

The Oppo is a great player for a low budget system, once you've heard a real high-end system Oppo's, modified or not, are not an option, period.

Threaders: Oppo has been selected by TAS as the budget digital component of the year again --That's 2 years running.

In order to enjoy the superb digital, the unit must be calibrated to your musical taste using a PC, LapTop , keyboard and monitor. Don't do that and no matter what the unit offers you will never hear it.

I suggest that's the musical key the reviewers fall in love with...

Coming up on the 7th anniversary of this thread, we are all curious what you actually got in the end...

Jazze22, what do you say?