Oppo UDP-203

I just recently bought a UDP 203, and then ordered a linear power supply and put it in. I believe it is now the best sounding universal player I've owned, and I've had several different brands. This being the first Oppo I've had.

I'm enjoying it.

Regards,

Dan

Love my UDP-203. Wish I had bought a couple of spares before OPPO closed up shop.

@islandmandan tell me more about this linear power supply upgrade,  what are the benefits?  brand and part#? etc.  I have owned my 203 for about a year,  I think its Really Good at everything it does,  but Im not really blown away with Anything it does, esp. cd playback,  although i do Love its speed and features.  I believe the orig. msrp on this machine was approx. $600, and for that price its an AMAZING piece.  Obviously I got mine after the oppo closed its doors and I paid double that,  so for $1200 I guess I was expecting too much.  As for SACD, I don't own any so have no input, sorry.  

I use my 203 as a server.  I have a hard drive connected to it via USB input.  I can access all my music.  Of course you need a video screen to see what's going on and control things.

For a jack-of-all-trades I think it is a good unit.  I've had no problems with it.  I am running it through an external DAC.

I am more than satisfied with my Oppo 203, having previously owned a Linn Unidisk player. I replaced the mains input with one by Kimber and use a Kimber Reference powerkord. The difference between CD and SACD is relatively small although SACD's from Japan bring about a noticeable improvement. However, the latest Blu-ray disc of Eric Clapton's "The Lady in the Balcony" is quite superb IMHO. Having said all this I am listening through a Townshend Allegri Reference/Chord SPM 1050 combo, which does make a considerable difference.