Blue ray player with good audio

I decided to go with a DAC. I read some decent reviews of the Valab and for the price it is worth a try. Thanks for all the input.

If you are using an external DAC, and do not listen to much SACD, is there any reason to get an Oppo bdp-83se as opposed to plain bdp-83? I was under the impression the Sabre DAC's in the SE would be of importance only if using the analog outs. Am I wrong?

Neal

You are correct, there would be no advantage to get the Oppo bdp 83se.

Nglazer, the power supply in the 83SE and the Exemplar modified 83 are stronger. In my experience the Oppo BDP-83 was not the equal to many of the other players used with digital out. That is not true of the Exemplar, however.

I persist is saying that the chip set in the BDP-83 is superior to that in the SE. I think because it is a single bit dac. Certainly on sacds it is exceptional.

My DAC does not, of course, play SACD, so if I chose to buy a few SACD's that is what I would use the Oppo for with analog out. Now I am a bit confused. Tbg says the power supply on the SE is superior to standard BDP, but the standard is better on SACD. I run digital out to my Dodson 218 DAC for DVD's and I wonder how much difference the power supply would matter for the audio (or video) for DVD's.

Thanks to mds and Tbg for input, so to speak!

Neal