Originally Posted by Gianni
VK - just noticed that your comment about nano-second jitter from laserdisc players was in relation to the RF output. I am of course using the SPDIF optical out through a 519 for CD.

But what about SPDIF coax out?

I thought that the Sony 550 sounded better than I had a right to expect when playing CDs. This was in direct mode via coax to my 861v6 i.e. bypassing the HD621.

And my new Oppo 93EU also sounds good, possibly better than the Sony (I have made so many changes to my system that it is now difficult to say with certainty). It is set up in the same way as the Sony was.

The new Oppo also has specific advantages over the Sony that may be of interest to the original poster. Apart from streaming and 3D, neither of which I have yet tried, it also plays and decodes SACD, DVD-A and HDCD. I have not yet made any comparisons with standard CDs / layers so do not really know how much of an advantage this is in practice.

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