Repair or Replace ???

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.

Hi Jafant. Did you note I said from 2008, that's 7 years ago.Tks

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

Yes it is nice to have back up and yes it wont be the transport of your moon pieces...

As told to me by a sim retailer...no body is in the transport business anymore so...getting things fixed in increasingly difficult.

I have an oppo 105d as of late...does it sound as good as my sim i5.3?...I like the oppo "better" in some areas...every player is going to sound different from one another...This holds it's own though...very well in fact.

I don't think people should compare the oppo with these thousands of dollar players...it is what is...an oppo 105d...it does sound very good (I too was skeptical) for even a multi player and I feel people shouldnt poo poo it until they have real life experience with it...is it perfect?...probably not... but for what it is and what im hearing...it's definatly competition.

Sorry ptss I don't have your answer...wish I did.Esoteric is a wonderfull piece and I wish I could pull the trigger on a high dollar player again...I wanted to delve into the "sub" $ arena and see just what is available.