Originally Posted by ISB
I had read elsewhere some debate about whether the improved power supply of the BDP95 might improve output performance over HDMI vs. the BDP93. I haven't been able to find any direct comparisons of digital out performance for the two players, just positive reviews for each separately.

Gents:

1. As I said previously, I do not believe the improved power supply affects the HDMI output (however, I cannot now find where I had read that, so ....), I think it is just used for the analog outputs.
2. A friend of mine has the 95, I have the 93; so I spent some time doing 1:1 comparisons of the two via HDMI and I could detect NO difference. Did not compare analog though.
3. Oppo themselves suggest that the 93 is the unit to buy if you are going to be using it as a digital transport.
4. If I recall, Kal, in his review of the Ayre unit (Oppo 83 based), suggested he could not hear any difference when comparing the Ayre to the Oppo 83 with just the better power supply in play (the dedicated Ayre audio output was another matter).

I was certainly intrigued by the 95, and considered it despite my four points above, but ultimately went with the 93 and have had no regrets.

Simon

Last edited by Simon; 2011-07-14 06:21.
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