yes,i registered a while ago through oppo website

just ordered a 205 after Oppo email me the link. $1332 including shipping!

Actually, if you want to diy, check out kankaudio website. He is first authorize us dealer for livestock and he sales constant currency source kit,which is the key component for best parafeed preamp as well as shunt current regulator which employed by the best preamp power supply.

I have to quesion the worthy of spending this kind of money to do this mod. The power supply mid and capacitor upgrade cost no More than 300 bucks. If i want to do tube stage after the dac analog outputs, i would taking that balance pin out and build a special tube preamp for that in a separate...

Yes, oppo now added "smb" network tag,you need to login to your network, drill down Directories under the your user directory and go to where your dac files reside.

great new: Oppo just released new firmware for 205, now 205 can play dsd files over network!

I did it myself.

For level 2 mod, you need 4 diodes, 12 82000pf silver mica caps. 2 0.015uf Cooper foil Teflon caps for balanced output only, or 4 Teflon caps for both analog outputs.

Sounds like you have good ears.yes,virgin 205 is good but with some typical mifi issues. Sonica dac and 205 shared similar 2 channel audio output circuitry, but 205 is much more complicated in power supply department. So it is similar but more work to do level 2 modification on 205. Try level...

There are mod on both sides of print board. I don't want to unsold front side silver mica caps Which are bypassing digital power supply. There are hidden changes on analogue stage at back side. I can take snapshot of front side this week end.

For anyone knows some fundamental audio design, it is always some cost effective way to improve the "stock" circuitry, due to the fact that manufacture has to make profit so that they can not use top quality components in the circuit. That including Ic (eg. Costly bb 627), audio quality Teflon...

Level 1 mod for x22 performed, After 8 hours p Much quieter Dynamic and speed is amazing now Layers and focusing now is better than any dac i have listened so far.male Voice now snap in. High frequency now is sweet, but still not as silky as level 2 modified oppo 205.

After some burning in, a little warmer. Also, found balaced outputs produce better high frequencies.this tells that single ened output has extra low quality capacitor in signal path,mod would tell the truth. I will post once mod done

you spoke w/o knowing what you are talking about. let me ask you the following: 1. are you comparing within same price range? 2. have you even try to modify oppo dac to see which level it will reach? 3. do you have reference tube amplifier to make comparison of dac output?