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Creek, Rega, Oppo CD Player/DAC

I just purchased a Creek EVO 50A amp and a pair of Spendor S3/5R2 that sits on my office desktop. I also have an IMAC and an original Dragonfly DAC. I want to get a CD Player / DAC and see Creek will be releasing one soon, the EVO 50CD at $1500.00 and Rega has one too, the Saturn-R at $3000.00. My question is why would I buy one of those since I can get a new Oppo BDP-105 CD/DAC for $1200.00 that plays SACD and Blu-Ray Discs and has Pandora and I can attach a hard Disc or a thumb drive. I don't get it. Are Creek and Rega not aware of the Oppo or do they really sound thay much better?
allenjohns
notec
407 posts
 
OPPOs are way over-rated IMO. And Rega's? Phffft....

I agree with Chayro, the simpilar the better the CD player for redbook CDs.
gz3827
232 posts
 
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why God made chocolate and vanilla!
ben_campbell
1,169 posts
 
I bought an Oppo 105 it trounced my Ayre CX-7. So that sort of kills that argument as although the Ayre was getting on a bit in it's day it cost three times the price of the Oppo.

Plus you have the benefits of the new formats-the HD Tracks version of Kind Of Blue is the best I have heard, the new Mofi Dylan Desire SACD is the best version I've heard-Queen's A Night At The Opera on Blu Ray is the best I've heard.

One player and it does a lot of things very well.

Indeed didn't one Audiogoner on here-one of the ones with a system off the scale of us mere mortals tells us that the Oppo was damn excellent in his system? Yes he did.
pokey77
1,265 posts
 
The Oppo works very well in my system, both as a CD/SACD player and as Blu ray player. It replaced a Cambridge Audio 840C and to me it is quite a bit better in Redbook. Sure wish someone would buy my 840C.
allenjohns OP
22 posts
 
As far as I can see, no one has said that the Rega is worth over twice the price of the Oppo (and the Creek has not even been released yet). I'm ordering the Oppo and giving the Dragonfly to my wife for her Mac laptop. This is my office, and I will probably be listinging mosty to Pandora or a disc/thumb drive in the background so why spend the extra money. Plus I'm interested in Blu-Ray audio discs, and the Creek & Rega won't play those. Thanks to all who responded.
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