I can vouch for the brilliance of the 818v3 also.

The 800 player is indeed very fine compared to the Oppo machines. Although I use an Oppo myself, I recall having an 800 on loan a few years back while an 808v2 of mind was in for repair at the time. I was using an Oppo at the same time for Bluray playback and did a side by side comparison with the 800, which proved much better for audio playback (and I preferred its picture for DVDs also - very natural).

HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: Oppo BDP-105, TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, 551, Quad 303, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3, Kimber cables, Russ Andrews mains and supports.
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200SL, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 502