Magnetar


Two Universal Players out there.  One is going for $1500 U.S., the other for 3K. I watched the YouTube review of the UDP 900 and the settings menu looks identical to the settings menu for my Oppo 105 and 203.

  Does anyone have any experience with them?

mahler123

^The later Oppos such as the 205 don’t output DSD from SACD the way the earlier Oppos like the 105 did. As the Magnetar appears to be more like the more recent 205, I doubt the Magnetar can output SACD DSD other than through the analog outputs. With customers so frequently using outboard DACs, archiving systems like Roon etc., and DSP room correction and headphone processing, I think Sony is way overdue in releasing SACD from the constrictions that deny their customers from getting the most from their systems.

I just got one last week. In short comparison with SACD stereo, the sound quality is more transparent, high frequency cymbals harmonics are more real than oppo 105D.

The SACD multichannel analog output also sounds better than oppo 105D 

Its HDMI output both SACD stereo and multi channel layer to marantz AV7706.

The remote can control oppo player and vice versa.

 

It was the UDP 900

sorry for late reply 

was not checking this forum during holiday 

IMO the Oppo 205 is still the king. The Magnetar 900 does not have as many digital inputs as the 205 and the dac chip for the surround domain is a lower quality one than in the 205. Very similar players other than that.