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Oppo-105 vs Oppo-93 + W4S DAC2 for stereo.

Hi,

I am confused between the following choices. This requirement is for best sounding 2 channel stereo.

1. Oppo-93 + Wyred4Sound DAC2
2. Oppo-105 (with same DAC chip as W4S DAC2 + digital inputs)

I already have an Oppo-93. Would it be better for me to sell Oppo-93 and get a brand new Oppo-105 or keep the Oppo-93 and add a Wyred4Sound DAC2 to it. Any body anticipate any change in the transport between Oppo-105 and Oppo-93. I know that Oppo-93 and Oppo-95 uses the same transport.

Thanks,
John.
john_k_antony
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roscoeiii
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Hold on folks, we can't say anything about the sound of the 105 since IT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

Those who have heard pre-production versions have signed NDAs that prevent them from commenting on the sound. And since they are hearing pre-production units, even if they could comment on the sound, those comments would need to be taken with a grain of salt.
doggiehowser
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I know it's not true that all DACs sound alike but SABRE32 designs sound awfully close.
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erndog
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I'll throw in my 2 cents about this. I've had a Modwright tube Oppo 83 for over a year and absolutely loved it. I recently tried adding a Nuforce DAC-9 and I was literally blown away by the improvement it made. I was using a toslink, so I was basically bypassing the internal Oppo Dac and bypassing the tube mods. I liked it soo much that I ended up purchasing a DAC-9.
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hthobby
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Dear friends...would the 105 have a display when used as dac to read the details of bit rate etc?
Grazie
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cal3713
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Not to resurrect a lost thread, but I tried to use an Oppo 93 as a transport into my PS Audio PWDac, and didn't like it at all... it was quite a bit worse than my old Exemplar/Denon 2900 in that duty. I've actually been searching for a good transport ever since and am just using a Macmini in the interim. I've been looking into the 105s, but I would buy it to use the analog out, not as a source for the PWD.
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