Originally Posted by VirusKiller
Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson
The 983's audio quality is superior to that of the 980, as well.
Apparently, only for the analogue outputs. I asked this question of Oppo support:

Q) Your website states that, although the 980 is optimized for high quality audio, the 983 contains some higher quality audio components. Would these be entirely or primarily for analogue audio processing and output? In other words, is there minimal difference between the two players for *digital* audio over S/PDIF and HDMI?

A) The performance difference applies to the analog outputs only. HDMI and S/PDIF will have the same performance as the DV-980H.
Of course. I meant my comment only to apply to the analog outputs.

Kal

Kal Rubinson
"Music in the Round"
Senior Contributing Editor, Stereophile