Oppo BDP-95 sounds GREAT?

The 95's usb input is no slouch! and taps right into the Ess sabre dac's from mp3 up to 192/24 yielding playback that's nothing short of stellar. I have to say my prize recording is Ivan Fisher's Mahlers's 2nd Channel Classics sacd, but out of curiosity I down loaded some free hi res samples from a few sites Linn, 2L and Hd Tracks put them on a usb stick and latter that day out of sheer astonishment I purchased Eiji Oue's Rachmaninoff's Symphonic dances on the Reference Recordings label and it's now the second best( if not a tie) thing I've heard recorded period!

I'm very fond of the USB input other than the 1/2 second delay between tracks with pc files which Oppo told me is a known issue they don't plan to fix.

Usually it's no big deal, but try listening to side 2 of Abbey Road as an example of it becoming irritating!

That said, i have 7 1/2 32gb USB drives filled up with hi res files & i love it!

I have an Oppo BDP-83SE which has been modded and have owned the 95 since they were introduced.

The 95 compared to the modded 83 is apples to oranges. They play differently, the 83 with a bit more resolution and the 95 being smoother with a lower noise floor.

I put my 95 up against a Eastern Electric Minimax a few weeks ago and was surprised. The EE simply bettered my Oppo. More air, more resolution more PRAT. This was in someone else's system. There will be a rematch soon in my system where we will add a Tranquility and dream that someone will drop a NAD M51 my way.

Can the USB input on the 95 only access a thumb drive, or can it access an HDD, NAS, and/or server/transporter?

AVS forums has tons of info on that subject!