In article , Tater
wrote:
On 25 Jul 2013 18:38:54 GMT, wrote:
Is there any point of getting the SONY SACD SCD-XA5400ES player if I already
have the best current Oppo available? Does the SONY SCD-XA5400ES player
still offer any advantage for CD and SACD playing?
Thanks,
Simonel
Or you could upgrade the BDP-105:
http://www.modwright.com/modificatio...dp83se-mod.php
This is all fine and good, and perhaps you can even hear "some*"
difference, but it still doesn't alter the fact that the Oppo in
question still uses the same SabreDac 32 which converts DSD to LPCM
before playing it, It you want the best SACD playback, one of the
purpose-built ES series Sony players is likely going to do a better job
than any player which converts DSD before playing it.
*As to whether or not this difference is better or worse than the stock
Oppo BDP-105 player depends upon one's taste in playback. There are a
number of mods being done to the Oppos and I've heard a few (not this
one though) and even though I've never compared a modded Oppo to the
same model, stock, I have compared them directly with my XA777ES and
they always come off sounding second best - not by much, you understand,
but enough that I would NEVER consider trading my Sony for one.
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