Originally Posted by Simon
Anyone else have experience with this player
Yes, I have one, bought in the US to play Region A Blurays (as making my Sony all-region mean a chip change and costs almost as much as an Oppo...), and eventually for DVD-A and SACD multichannel.

I've done some tests with both playing CD into my 568.2MM via SPDIF, and couldn't hear much if any difference: the Sony perhaps has the lead but it's a small difference and may be imaginary. One day I'll get an HD621 and test the HDMI outputs but it's not a priority for me now.

Day-to-day the Sony is far superior: no bugs and much smoother general operation and handshaking. But then it cost three times as much, so it should be.

The Oppo looks great but the flush buttons are impossible to find without look at them.

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