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#95649 - 06/12/09 09:50 AM Re: Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player with 4x SPDIF Powerbuy! [Re: Custom HT]
Custom HT Custom HT Hitchhiker Registered: 03/14/09 Posts: 349 Loc: USA	just wanted to let everyone know that HD-SDI is available now thanks _________________________ -Gary Murrell http://www.custom-ht.com/oppopowerbuy.html My Personal HT setup
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#95777 - 06/14/09 10:50 PM Re: Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player with 4x SPDIF Powerbuy! [Re: Custom HT]
Custom HT Custom HT Hitchhiker Registered: 03/14/09 Posts: 349 Loc: USA	there are more units out there now so hopefully some more feedback soon, I also just completed the first ultimate analog audio edition, it turned out amazing! thanks _________________________ -Gary Murrell http://www.custom-ht.com/oppopowerbuy.html My Personal HT setup
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#96052 - 06/18/09 08:50 AM Re: Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player with 4x SPDIF Powerbuy! [Re: Custom HT]
Simon Simon Paranoid android Registered: 10/07/05 Posts: 779 Loc: Connecticut, USA	Originally Posted By: Custom HT there are more units out there now so hopefully some more feedback soon, I also just completed the first ultimate analog audio edition, it turned out amazing! thanks I am quite keen to hear from other users on, in particular, the SACD performance of this player versus their prior solutions? I may be in something of a unique (or at least uncommon) situation in that my SACD player prior to the Oppo also had a 3xSPDIF modification so my comparisons did not involve removing the extra D/A abd A/D conversions that I suspect most people have been putting up with. I am still hearing some noise artifacts with SACD playback (pops, clicks), however, Oppo has suggested these will be fixed with future firmware upgrades. More concernng, though, is my sense that SACD (and CD) from the Oppo via SPDIF seems a bit 'harsh' compared to my prior references (Denon 3910 for SACD and M800 for CD). I suppose I'm less concerned about CD since there was never any plans on my part to dispense with the 800 - plus one would hope (expect) that a mega$ player like 800 would be better than the budget-priced Oppo. SACD playback is an issue, however, as I want to use the Oppo - otherwise the digital mch input limitations on my 861 become a problem. I'd love to hear other peoples opinions. Perhaps subsequent firmware upgrades will solve this 'harshness' I am hearing, or perhaps the 'harshness' is a result of the Oppo just being more revealing than my Denon, or perhaps with extended listening I will conclude that, in fact, the Oppo (or my ears) needed to 'break in'. Simon _________________________ My Kit: 861v6, 800v4, HD621, Oppo BDP-83 modded BluRay player, Genesis 201, custom center speaker, BG 520i, VTL MB450 II, Krell Showcase 7, Genesis Subs, Danley DTS10 sub, Lumagen Radiance XE, Sony VPL-VW200, Panamorph Anamorphic lens.
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#96054 - 06/18/09 09:28 AM Re: Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player with 4x SPDIF Powerbuy! [Re: Simon]
Custom HT Custom HT Hitchhiker Registered: 03/14/09 Posts: 349 Loc: USA	Simon, my take on this is that the Oppo is more revealing(especially the fully loaded modded versions), all these mods pull everything that can be gotten from the unit sort of like HD-SDI for video, you get to a point where things are so revealing that you realize half the media out there is not all that great just wanted to let everyone know that region free should be available next week, I will update the powerbuy page thanks _________________________ -Gary Murrell http://www.custom-ht.com/oppopowerbuy.html My Personal HT setup
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#96066 - 06/18/09 12:38 PM Re: Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player with 4x SPDIF Powerbuy! [Re: Custom HT]
Custom HT Custom HT Hitchhiker Registered: 03/14/09 Posts: 349 Loc: USA	region free mod is ready guys, order page updated it is going to take around 3 weeks to fill the order after the date received, this is due to the severe demand of the Oppo player and how hard it is to get stock on them right now thanks _________________________ -Gary Murrell http://www.custom-ht.com/oppopowerbuy.html My Personal HT setup
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#96067 - 06/18/09 12:53 PM Re: Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player with 4x SPDIF Powerbuy! [Re: Custom HT]
whumpf whumpf Hitchhiker Registered: 06/25/08 Posts: 124 Loc: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA	Gary, I have already purchased a BDP-83 from Oppo. Is the powerbuy available to those that already have a BDP-83? Pricing for a just he 4 spdif mod? Thanks. _________________________ Main system (when room is done): 861v4, 7 x DSP33, SW1600, Oppo, Sonos
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#96068 - 06/18/09 12:59 PM Re: Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player with 4x SPDIF Powerbuy! [Re: whumpf]
Custom HT Custom HT Hitchhiker Registered: 03/14/09 Posts: 349 Loc: USA	of course, send me a email to orders "at" custom-ht.com and I will be glad to accommodate you with any mods you need thanks _________________________ -Gary Murrell http://www.custom-ht.com/oppopowerbuy.html My Personal HT setup
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#96071 - 06/18/09 01:07 PM Re: Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player with 4x SPDIF Powerbuy! [Re: Custom HT]
George Mills George Mills President of the Imperial Galactic Government Registered: 05/28/00 Posts: 7543 Loc: MA, USA	Originally Posted By: Custom HT Simon, my take on this is that the Oppo is more revealing(especially the fully loaded modded versions), all these mods pull everything that can be gotten from the unit sort of like HD-SDI for video, you get to a point where things are so revealing that you realize half the media out there is not all that great just wanted to let everyone know that region free should be available next week, I will update the powerbuy page thanks I'd be careful with the "more revealing" equals "more harsh" argument. Folks on this forum have some very "revealing" systems and you don't hear the word "harsh" too often. Some folks have systems well over $100K. Meridian's DVD-A players are amount the best you can get for getting every nuance out of a recording and I've never heard anyone mention "harsh". I will mention though that when you feed a Meridian Processor 24bit data it will bypass the resolution enhancement which includes dithering which gives the sound a bit of warmth. However anytime I've listen to 24/96 or 24/88 on good recordingings (from several sources) I never found it harsh. I have a PS3 with SACD running through a Clux with same Shawn design mod and it is not harsh in the least. I recommend you listen to concerns carefully before writing them off as more revealing. One thing I suggest is a sanity check with a DTS CD and see if the Meridian can processor can decode it. I forget if someone already did this on the BD-83 modded player or not. What I have found over the years as things have improoved I can play it louder and louder because it's less and less harsh. I accidently had a bug in remote that cranked the volume up to 99 and I thought for sure I would blow a tweeter or something. Amazingly it didn't distort or sound all that bad. I find I actually have to be careful because things are so clean that I can have up to loud with out it "hurting". Sort of like it's too easy to speed in newer and newer cars because they handle so nicely. _________________________ - George (IMHO) HT: G68ADV, 6K, 5.5KHC, 5K, PRO111FD, TIVO, PS3, Clux, Transporter/Duet, Harmony 880, +3dB Retreat: G91DH, DSP5K MKII Work: WinAmp/ASIO TASCAM, 5K MKI Fiddle: Amazing Slow Downer/Notation Composer TASCAM, 5K MKI
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#96075 - 06/18/09 01:45 PM Re: Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player with 4x SPDIF Powerbuy! [Re: Simon]
kswanson kswanson Hitchhiker Registered: 07/11/07 Posts: 323 Loc: San Diego, Ca, USA	I've been experimenting with my system this week (after I solved the dynamics problem with the forum's help) and have yet to hear any harshness on any media while using the modded BD 83. I have 3x5kdsp's 96/24 at the front, 2xm30's surrounds and 2 HSU subs. While this system is used primarily for HT I do listen to SACD's DVD-A's and CD's. If anything, the sound is a touch laid back--certainly not harsh. Currently I'm running the mains set to small and playing with the crossovers, trying to get the best integration with the subs possible. But with the L&R set to large I didn't hear any harshness. A few weeks ago I visited JimK and brought along my Shawn modded 980H. We played it through his 861 and didn't hear anything approaching harshness. We AB'd with his 800 on cd's and while we did hear a bit of a difference I don't think we gave much of a nod to either one. Ken
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#96076 - 06/18/09 02:02 PM Re: Oppo BDP-83 Universal Player with 4x SPDIF Powerbuy! [Re: kswanson]
Ian Ian Hooloovoo Registered: 08/07/04 Posts: 3026 Loc: Surrey, UK	For those of us in Europe who's probably now taking notice of this due to the region free mod, can you please explain the operation of the region free mod. ie. is it DVD & bluray? Do you just stick a disc in and it works automatically, or do you have to select the region, power cycle the unit etc etc. Also, what quantifiable advantage does your Meridian edition or digital transport edition+621 mod give over a stock region free mod oppo + 621? For reference, what the rrp of a stock unmodified oppo? Thanks _________________________ -Ian General: 2xD.52OO; Sonos ZP90 Study: F.8O [Bianco Avus]; AirPort Express-N Other: Sonos S5, Sonos ZP120, WD 1TB My Book NAS
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