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Oppo CDP is outstanding

I have an upgraded Oppo 103 CDP which was brought back into service for lack on connectivity issue with Micro-Rendu device today. I have gone all digital via my computer with a mostly full 8TB HHD, so while the MR issue is being sorted out, I played music via the Oppo all afternoon with my CD collection.  The CDP player is now several years old, but still sounds outstanding.   I have long thought that the Oppo players were the best and by far the most affordable glimpse of the great audio.  I have no clue why Oppo abandoned them.  At any rate, my Oppo CDP is a great performer. 
whitestix
chayro
3,010 posts
 
Try a Vibrapod #3 under each foot.  I found it made a big difference in my 205. 
melm
1,084 posts
 
Hard to tell from your post what you mean by "upgraded" and exactly how or if you are using the micro-rendu.  But if you are using the original Oppo 103 DAC section you could easily improve your SQ by several steps with an external DAC.  In fact, using the software available with the micro-rendu you could probably bypass the Oppo entirely.  A next step might be getting your music out of or running through the computer, where it is subject to degradation, even if you use the computer to control the process.

The Oppo is like a fine Swiss Army knife.  It does a lot of things, but none so well as a dedicated single use device.
whitestix OP
727 posts
 
Melm,
I had a modest upgrade to my 103 a few years ago by Stereo Dave's shop in Seattle which was an excellent sonic upgrade, but I have no clue what they did to it in terms of upgrades.  I play my 7TB of digital music via my iMac, connected to my computer modem into the Micro-Rendu into my DAC, using Audirvana.  I also have Tidal Hifi.  As my Micro-Rendu awaits a new SD card to hopefully deal with the failure to connect to my computer, I am happy to have the Oppo to spin my CD's in the interim.  I just finished ripping all my CD's onto my HDD so the Oppo is just back up at this point.  At any rate, the Oppo is a stellar performer... for very little money.  Cheers. 
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