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Oppo 95: Burn-in...and Fan

Hi,

I just received my Oppo 95. I have a question and an observation:

How long have people found it takes before the unit is burned-in and sounding at least close to its best?

I definitely hear the fan...up to about 12 feet or so. I do have a very quiet listening environment most of the time. I'm worried, though, because I sit about 2 feet from my player! (and have to) Has anyone come up with any solutions to the fan noise? (other than putting the player a long way from the listening position, that is)

Thanks very much!
John

p.s. I know some say they don't hear the fan when music is playing. I understand, but it's clearly affecting the noise floor. And enjoying very subtle details, ambience, decay, etc. are very important to me.
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rfogel8
192 posts
 
Jdub39, yes to all the improvements you listed and more. With good recordings, it's the difference between good "hi-fi" and something more akin to live.

Both Modwright units(Sony 5400 & Oppo 95) sound waaay more refined, better resolution, more open, transparent and detailed, than the stock units. Also, more power and weight to the music.

The stock unit is very good "for the money" but if the rest of your system is up to the task, the modded players will take you to a much higher plane.

As for cabling, yes good cables should bring out the best in any component but they're not going to turn a $999 player into a serious contender. Don't waste your money on band-aids.
jdub39
497 posts
 
I wouldn't consider good cables band-aids, I believe it all starts at the outside box and have heard tremendous increase in fidelity by addressing it as a foundation to which it all sits, from there I do whats in my power to insure signal purity from the individual components all the way to the speakers, from there good placement and acoustical treatments further what I consider true refinement. Now the components themselves have the best chance of yeilding what could be there true potential. My gear is by no means what many here would consider highend "that's by todays standards of course" But over my 28yrs of listening to great gear ( some where price to performance is greatly diminished) I have finally put together something that has left me at times speechless and dumb founded that it didn't take the dream system I always thought it would, and oh man! don"t let me play the Reference stuff.I guess the good thing for me at this point is I have the live sound and If I get any closer I might get burned !
jwm
918 posts
 
Jdub39 just get the mod, you won't be mad and you will thank us in the morning. I guarantee it will be the best thing you did in a long time.
jdub39
497 posts
 
When the "itch" returns its high on the to do list!
kzhtoo
222 posts
 
Picked up an Oppo 95 from Magnolia today. Purchased this with Modwright mod in mind, somewhere down the road.

Question is how far the 95 gets to after a few hundred hours of playing? Does it sound like a totally different player than right out of the box? Now it's kind of brutal. The music is all over the place!

I'm running Focal Electra with Pass Labs XA.5 amp and XP pre. Running all balanced with Nordost Heimdall ICs.
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