Nice review Erik, thanks.

I bought the Oppo after my PS Audio Lambda crapped out. At first I viewed it as a stop-gap measure, but now I may stick with it. It sounds really good, consistant with your review.

Still, I just dropped some bucks on a Pro-ject RPM 10/Blackbird combination and Vienna Acoustic Beethovan Baby Grands, so I may try to audition some under-$5000 universal players in the system now. It'll be November before the speakers and Blackbird are broken in and I get around to comparing players, but I'll post here when I do.

Dave

But the 980H does have a regular IEC connector that takes regular IEC AC cables. Now, how do you expect me to believe anything else you say?

Kal

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The plug is indeed an IEC, but is of the C17 type, not the C13. It's physically similar, but lacks a ground.

Now, I suppose it all comes down to how we both define "regular".

Yes. It is compatible with other 'regular' IEC cables and that's what counts for me since I dread getting access to the rear of my APC S-15 and prefer to use the IEC cables that are already connected to it. It's heavy!

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As for believing what I say, I guess you'll just have to go on faith.

Works both ways.

Kal

Stop it you two!!!

I can't stand all this fighting and bickering!

(P.S., thanks for the review. It's fun to read thoughtful reviews of "non-reviewers" of equipment.)

I'm wondering what you thought of the Oppo as an SACD player. I have a CD player that I like, but am interested in adding an SACD player, and the Oppo is certainly priced right. I was a little concerned by JA's comments in his Oppo 970 measurements that the player didn't have much more resolution in SACD than it did in redbook. What have you noticed?

As an classical music addict, I would like to add an observation on the audio performance of the OPPO DV-980H DVD player. Some critics classified it as above the price level of the player, but not at top level. But as a classical melomane, you absolutely should chose in the setup programme for the audio-setup the equalizer type  "tecno" in order to get the maximum of dynamics, analysis and accuracy as well as great corpus of the music. Here you discover the great audio strength of the OPPO, which turns it into a musical instrument of highest level. The equalizer choice "classic" is totally contraproductive, darkening and smoothening the sound. All other settings as well do not render music in a comparable manner. With the "tecno"-sound on, you beat a whole lot of several kilopound players.

Noel39 wrote:

But as a classical melomane, you absolutely should chose in the setup programme for the audio-setup the equalizer type  "tecno" in order to get the maximum of dynamics, analysis and accuracy as well as great corpus of the music. Here you discover the great audio strength of the OPPO, which turns it into a musical instrument of highest level. 

It would be more accurate if that setting had been labelled "Technicolor" for its outlandlish exaggerations.   

Anyone have any simple mods for the Oppo 790?  Nothing to crazy.  I just obtained an Oppo 790 for my headphone system.  

Geoff Kait

Machina Dynamica

...please.