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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
rello
311 posts
 
On the same note as NONOISE...I prefer the Marantz sound over the OPPO 105. Much more like music than hifi...with the sa8004 or 8005 or sa-11s3.you have the added flexibility of digital inputs (no DSD for 8004 or sa-11s3...yet) including iPod ...I have the 8004 and sa-11s3...they are high value machines in their price points and by far better built...no video but who cares. only other is no multi channel audio...this does not sound like an issue for you
macdadtexas
1,794 posts
 
I love my Oppo, but I'm not a huge digital guy. I haven't done the side by side, but in my memory, it doesn't sound as good as my Bryston BDA-1 from a few years back, but better than any of the other DAC's I went though.

Of course, it also plays about everything on earth, and is connected to nexflix, youtube, my network storage, etc....

It's a great piece of gear.
allenjohns OP
22 posts
 
Nonoise & Rello, I did look at Marantz. The 8400 & 8500 only have one pair of RCA analog outputs. My Creek amp will take balanced and I also hace a Schiit Valhalla headphone amp that only has RCA inputs. The Oppo 105 has balanced and single ended outputs so its a perfect match.
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jafant
19,580 posts
 
All good thoughts.
The new Rega Saturn is a killer DAC (for streaming/computer audio apps) 1st and foremost , with a built-in CD transport.

The price point seems to be $5K at the present time, as far as, stepping up to the next level of CD/SACD performance.
ben_campbell
1,169 posts
 
Anybody who has heard the 103 vs the 105 will tell you the 105 is a much better machine for music....go figure.
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