I gave my son my 96/24 d5k's and had Shawn Fogg do his mod to an Oppo 980. As a purely digital 2 channel system it very good indeed. I spent a couple of hours listening with my son during a recent visit and I was really surprised at how good that system was. Admittedly I'm a DSP speaker fan but still, in a 2 channel system using digital sources ( redbook, SACD and DVD-A )I'm not sure how much better it can get. I'd love to figure a way to borrow that Oppo and take it to my local M dealer and try it with a pair of D5K2's and even D7K2's which he has on the floor. My bottom line--running a modded Oppo directly into DSP's will give any high end preamp/amp analogue speaker combination a run for it's money using digital sources.

Ken

Main: G68J, 5K2s, 5Ks, HSU subs, Pio 151FD, Dish VP722, Roku, Wadia I70, Anti Mode Dual Core, Oppo 103D Vanity Lite
Office: SBT, Berkeley Alpha DAC 2/MQA, Magico S3 Mk II, Boulder 2060, Lumin U1 Mini streamer, Roon.