Repair or Replace ???


My cd/dvd player built in 2005 just quit. I enjoyed the Cd sound very much-detailed and dynamic. Oppo 105 Darbee has rave reviews. Is its Cd sound equal to say a top line player, Esoteric, Levinson from say 2007? I want at least that quality Cd sound.
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I think you have to divide it into two components, the transport and the DAC. I had the 95, and certainly preferred my Simaudio Moon Nova to the Oppo, but it was close. I now have a combination of a 103 and a Audio-gd Master 7 DAC. I still prefer the Nova, but the difference is marginal. I suspect that the narrowing of the gap is that I prefer the 1704 DAC's of the Nova and the Master 7.

You might want to try out the 105. If you don't like it, the resale value is pretty good.
I have a Simaudio Eclipse, and it really sounded good. Transport broke and cost only? $1160 incl shipping both ways. The player was about $5500 new in late 2002, really high build quality. I am thinking of the oppo BD105d but I think the CD section will be inferior to the Eclipse. BUT I will have some functionality I did not have earlier. I would like to play youtube on my system, but I don't know if the oppo will let me do that. Thanks!
Maybe I should have reworded my question. I have Sim Eclipse and Andromeda. Here's the thing. What do people do with EXPENSIVE CD players when they are over 10 years old and break. It will cost about 20% of the price when new ($1160). You could say just trash it, as it served its life, and I have a better one anyway. But it is nice having backup. Trashed worth zero. Fix and worth maybe 2k or less I suppose.

You could generalize, and say what do you do with an old ARC SP11 (very expensive when it came out), Levinson 30/31 (assuming its fixable) etc. trash or fix.

Thanks. Bill