Russian Tube Preamp, No Return, Here I go again

lewm, thanks for your advice,

I checked out the 105, some very good reviews, in my budget.

I don't need the Darbee version which was a video upgrade.

One thing I like about the BDP-105 is that replacement lasers are readily available.

One thing I don't like about the BDP-105 is that there are MANY people selling replacement lasers.

I've got my eye on two, both original owners, excellent condition. Let's see what answers they can give me about how much work the laser has done.
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roxy54

Reviewers seem to disagree with you, as well as lewm.

I had an early Oppo, used only for video. Read somewhere that it had well respected sound.  My Onkyo DX-7500 was still my CD player then.  For fun, moved the Oppo into the sound system, it sounded very good. I gave it to my golden eared friend, he still loves it.

I got a more video advanced blu-ray player, now using it for CD's in the garage sound system. Small HT, went fully cooperating sony tv/avr/blu-ray, 1 remote talks to all.

Re: "How do you search for a seller on eBay..."

Upper right on eBay page, click "Advanced" to the right of the Search button, and scroll down to the Sellers section. Check the "Only show items from:" and "Specific sellers.." boxes and type the seller’s user id in the window beside the include/exclude drop-down. Then click the Search button.

I did that. It never occurred to me: he doesn't have any current listings, so nothing came up.

I was looking to find his profile: approval rating, sales history, evidently has sold 360 items,

nothing came up.

i_quadius

elliott,
I'm sure that it sounds perfectly fine to you and your friend. I'm just saying that if you compare it to a really fine player, it has an artificial and electronic signature to it. Hey, they didn't cost a fortune, so you can't expect too much.