When I purchased my Oppo 205 when they first became available, it was a significant upgrade for me over my Sony S9000ES player with respect to SACD performance. However, the 205 is completely outclassed by the Luxman 06u I upgraded to earlier this year, so there may be other contemporary products that will give you better performance than the 203. The 203 will most likely give you better performance than your current SACD players at a decent price, if you don't have to pay more than the original 203's list price (about $550 as I recall).
Oppo UDP-203
I might have an opportunity to trade for an Oppo UDP-203. Anyone have experience with one for SACD?
My current SACD player is a Pioneer PD-D6-J and it simply can't compete with my current Maverick Audio TubeMagic D2 DAC with WE 396A tube and Sparkos op-amps.
Could I expect the Oppo to be a significant upgrade for my Pioneer? I know the Oppo UDP-205 was the more audiophile targeted model.
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