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Headphoneus Supremus
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My trusty Oppo HD-970 finally bit the bird. It's been my main secondary transport for my Headphone rig for some time now. It survived being dragged to at least 6 meets (without the box, wrapped in a towel). I believe that it lasted about 4 years of very hard use, so I'm not upset at its passing.
Since I've got over a hundred SACD's and around 35 DVD-A discs that I would still like to be able to listen to the number of players to choose from is somewhat limited. I then read about the upgraded BDP-83SE. It seemed to fit the bill nicely. I'm hoping that it's good enough that I can forgo the use of a separate DAC for Redbook use.
I'm also pleased that it should handily trounce my Samsung Blu-Ray player for both Blu-Ray's and DVD's. It is however going to lead to a lot more cabling. 1st since the DAC's in the 83 are supposedly so good I'll now be using its 7.1 Analog output to my Home Theater Receiver (Which does not digitize its 7.1 analog input). However the Oppo does not allow streaming from Netflix so my Samsung will also be staying in the system, and since I also have HD cable that leaves me with three HDMI video sources. Unfortunately my projector only has two inputs. To complicate matters even further the Oppo will reside with my headphone rig which is not centrally located.
Still I am excited to be getting a new toy and have high hopes that it'll be a real overachiever,
Since I've got over a hundred SACD's and around 35 DVD-A discs that I would still like to be able to listen to the number of players to choose from is somewhat limited. I then read about the upgraded BDP-83SE. It seemed to fit the bill nicely. I'm hoping that it's good enough that I can forgo the use of a separate DAC for Redbook use.
I'm also pleased that it should handily trounce my Samsung Blu-Ray player for both Blu-Ray's and DVD's. It is however going to lead to a lot more cabling. 1st since the DAC's in the 83 are supposedly so good I'll now be using its 7.1 Analog output to my Home Theater Receiver (Which does not digitize its 7.1 analog input). However the Oppo does not allow streaming from Netflix so my Samsung will also be staying in the system, and since I also have HD cable that leaves me with three HDMI video sources. Unfortunately my projector only has two inputs. To complicate matters even further the Oppo will reside with my headphone rig which is not centrally located.
Still I am excited to be getting a new toy and have high hopes that it'll be a real overachiever,