OPPO BDP-95 hope it's worth it..

Toolfan66

Just pulled the trigger on this unit!!! Hope it's as nice as the reviews!!!:cool:

Problem is I love my Pioneer -BDP-51FD, The only thing is I hate going through the filmware update,and the slow loading time!!!

I will stick it in my 2 channel rig when I first get it just to play with the SACD side of it but it will live in my HT rig!!

cnh

Look forward to the review, Larry. I also run that Pioneer and I understand what you're saying. I just upgraded to V1.70--and now I see there's a V1.71.

I just don't understand why so 'many' upgrades are needed? And slooowww...yeah! But it puts out a nice picture and sound.

cnh

leroyjr1

Do you do alot of music listening in your HT rig with your a9's? The 93 might have been all you needed via hdmi.

BlueFox

Please play some Bluray music, such as Tom Petty's Mojo album. What I am interested in is if the Bluray music digital out can be decoded by an external DAC, or if it has some type of copy protection. The Mojo Bluray CD says the stereo version is encoded in 48K 24 bit PCM. If it can be decoded it can be a good test of the Oppo's DAC and associated analog circuits.

I plan on getting one of these players for my 2 channel system, but am waiting for Neil Young to finish remastering all his CDs into Bluray.

Thanks.

http://www.amazon.com/Mojo-Blu-ray-Audio-Bonus-Download/dp/B003L45JLW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302468943&sr=1-1

I like this quote from the above link

"The 48K 24 bit audio on this disc has 256 times more resolution than a CD, providing greater detail and reproducing the music's full dynamic range, from the softest to the loudest sounds. To achieve full dynamic range it's necessary to master with less overall level, so this disc might not sound as 'loud' as a standard CD or film soundtrack.

To compensate for this, turn up the volume!"

Toolfan66

leroyjr1 wrote: »

Do you do alot of music listening in your HT rig with your a9's? The 93 might have been all you needed via hdmi.

Not really. but I am listening to The Doors LA Woman on DVD-A right now on them..:cool:

Also this should be the last Blu-Ray Player I will need for some time!!

simm

I got a 93 about a month ago and love it so far, I can only imagine that the 95 would be an improvement on it. It is my first Oppo.

polkfarmboy

Alot of money for a mediocre cd player to watch a bluray on

If I had the kinda you do then I would bought a W4S dac2 or a benchmark . Congrats on the purchase though as it does play great with old dvd's

Hawkeye

polkfarmboy wrote: »

Alot of money for a mediocre cd player to watch a bluray on

If I had the kinda you do then I would bought a W4S dac2 or a benchmark . Congrats on the purchase though as it does play great with old dvd's

PFB, do you know what the word "tact" implies? Telling a person they have mediocre gear in such blunt terms is a slap in the face. Would you like it if I told your Logans are mediocre? Read my signature.

Gordon

Toolfan66

polkfarmboy wrote: »

Alot of money for a mediocre cd player to watch a bluray on

If I had the kinda you do then I would bought a W4S dac2 or a benchmark . Congrats on the purchase though as it does play great with old dvd's

A strong statement for someone that has yet to try it.. Do you even have a clue of what gear I have?? I think not..

I'm sure your just trying to take a shot to feel better about yourself..

inspiredsports

[QUOTE=TOOLFORLIFEFAN;1563734. . . I'm sure you're just trying to take a shot to feel better about yourself . . . [/QUOTE]

. . . and he's done it in thread, after thread, after thread.

BlueFox

Has anybody seen a review of the Oppo 95, especially one that concentrates on the analog section?

Home Theater reviewed the Oppo 93 this month, but it was video oriented. I plan on upgrading my Oppo 83 to the 93, and would like to get a 95 for the two channel system, but would like to see a substantitve review first. On paper, the 95 sounds like it is just the ticket for playing Bluray music in a two channel system.

txcoastal1

Wait on T-man...he's not shy and has nice stuff to play with, I'm sure he will give all of us a run down

Hope so anyway

polkfarmboy

Hawkeye wrote: »

PFB, do you know what the word "tact" implies? Telling a person they have mediocre gear in such blunt terms is a slap in the face. Would you like it if I told your Logans are mediocre? Read my signature.

Gordon

Your the only one saying stuff about peoples gear on here duhhhh thanks for pointing out my logans are mediocre compared to your speakers .The op does not own the machine so how can I say he has mediocre gear ? Why dont I pull my pants down and you can take a look at my signature because its bigger than yours

The oppo machines are just bluray players and in my opinion not worth the dollar for audio performance .By the time you upgrade one of these machines then you could have bought some way better gear, sorry if that is offensive but this is a free forum to share ones opinion on audio gear

headrott

TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »

A strong statement for someone that has yet to try it.. Do you even have a clue of what gear I have?? I think not..

I'm sure your just trying to take a shot to feel better about yourself..

Larry, his reason for doing it is the obvious one. He just likes to be the bad guy who pisses people off. Self indulgence to the extreme. Just don't let it happen to you and the person becomes powerless (verbally). If they become physical, that's a whole other context.

Congradulations on the Oppo too!

Greg

nspindel

polkfarmboy wrote: »

...The op does not own the machine so how can I say he has mediocre gear...

Hmmmmm.... What do you think he meant when he said "Just pulled the trigger on this unit."

I can see how you could be confused if it were, say, an XBox. Maybe he was playing with one of the gun controllers in Best Buy, and just haphazardly pulled the trigger on it, and then felt compelled to tell us all about his experience. But in this case, I personally think it was pretty eff'ing clear that he does own it, and there are far more polite ways of telling someone that maybe it's not your cup of tea.

Larry, hope you enjoy the Oppo, sorry others feel it's necessary to treat a member, who has done so much around here to help others, so rudely.

vc69

nspindel wrote: »

sorry others feel it's necessary to treat a member, who has done so much around here to help others, so rudely.

Meh, pfb is a douchb*g.

That 95 is supposed to be better than my 83SE in every way and the only thing that has bested the 83SE in my rig is an ARC CD3. I think Larry will be amazed.

Larry, give that thing at leas 200 hrs before making any critical judgements. Mine really smoothed out and stabilized around 500 hrs. Use the analog stereo outs for all music and you are in for a nice time.

Zaigrith

I just got mine about a week ago, so far its really good. My biggest complaints stem from hooking up my 2tb external via esata. When the hard drive is hooked up everything loads slowly. Then last night i was watching an avi file and the lip sync issues where unbearable. I probably have a poorly ripped copy of the movie I was trying to watch, but still, vlc was handling it fine.

pitdogg2

polkfarmboy wrote: »

Alot of money for a mediocre cd player to watch a bluray on

well it is a universal player with some very good inards. So what part is "mediocre" in your opinon? I'd love to hear this PFB


nice grab Larry

Ron Temple

Here's are comparative measurements for both the 93 and 95 from the folks at AH. Note that there is no subjectivity, just numbers and very little detail regarding what the analog section of the 95 produces other than there is so little distortion that it surpasses the ability of their equipment to measure it.

http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/transports/oppo-bdp-93

I've also got the 83SE and it's a fine universal for the money, better in 2 channel than MCH over analog. Much better than the stock 83.

cstmar01

Larry, nice grab. I really like the look of this player and I know some guys were dumping the Pio BDP-09FD for these when they came out which the 09 was a good player and had a good analog section.

PFB stop trolling you stupid kid.

Toolfan66

OPPO is here!!!! Will take pics later...

Geoff4rfc

Ron Temple wrote: »

Here's are comparative measurements for both the 93 and 95 from the folks at AH.

http://www.audioholics.com/reviews/transports/oppo-bdp-93

I've also got the 83SE and it's a fine universal for the money, better in 2 channel than MCH over analog. Much better than the stock 83.

Way to go Ron , and I thought I was going to be happy with the 93, tune in next time.................

TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »

OPPO is here!!!! Will take pics later...

Nicely done, if I had your money, I'd get the 95 as well

olilugo

Congrats on your new blue-ray player, look forward to see what you think of this unit.

If is not too much to ask, it would be nice if at one point in the future you compare analog vs hdmi on this unit.

Toolfan66

olilugo wrote: »

Congrats on your new blue-ray player, look forward to see what you think of this unit.

If is not too much to ask, it would be nice if at one point in the future you compare analog vs hdmi on this unit.

It's going in my 2 channel rig right when I get home, it won't see my HT rig for a week or so.. I will be using the XLR's first then the RCA's for SACD and DVD Audio play back..

AsSiMiLaTeD

olilugo wrote: »

Congrats on your new blue-ray player, look forward to see what you think of this unit.

If is not too much to ask, it would be nice if at one point in the future you compare analog vs hdmi on this unit.

Honestly that comparison is going to tell you more about the differences between the player and the DACs in the preamp than anything else.

So if I plug that into my Pioneer SC-25 for example, the analog outputs are likely going to sound better because I'd be using the DACs in the Oppo, which are higher end than the DACs in the AVR. So in this case the analog output of the Oppo would likely sound better than the HDMI.

But if I pluuged the Oppo into a really high end preamp like a krell or something, the preamp may have better DACs, in which case the HDMI output would sound better.

So that comparison that you're asking for really tells you more about the comparison between the Oppo and the downstream component than anything else.

Hawkeye

polkfarmboy wrote: »

Your the only one saying stuff about peoples gear on here duhhhh thanks for pointing out my logans are mediocre compared to your speakers .The op does not own the machine so how can I say he has mediocre gear ? Why dont I pull my pants down and you can take a look at my signature because its bigger than yours

PFB, you can search every one of my posts and you will not find one that disparages anyone's gear. I'm not an audio snob despite my gear. And if you'd read closely, I did not call your speaks mediocre, you did. I asked if you would basically like your nose rubbed in it. I guess you didn't.

Sorry for the derail Larry. I hope you enjoy the piece.

Gordon

Ron Temple

Where the 2 channel capability shines in my house with the Oppo is when it's plugged into an old Luxman analog pre. The MCH analog is also superior to the Burr Brown DACs in my Oppo via HDMI. The only high end 2 channel rig I've listened to locally was Fred Vu's fully tubed setup and I won't dare to compare it to that, but for my needs it's a treat. The 95 measures better and has a better power supply, later rev DACs and a more robust enclosure, so I expect it will exceed my 83SEs capability.

Geoff4rfc

Speaking of 2 channel capability, with the two balanced connections on the 95, can you connect those directly to the balance connections of an amp, bypassing the AVR, or do you also need to connect the RCA stereo outputs to the AVR?

Ron Temple

Geoff4rfc wrote: »

Speaking of 2 channel capability, with the two balanced connections on the 95, can you connect those directly to the balance connections of an amp, bypassing the AVR, or do you also need to connect the RCA stereo outputs to the AVR?

Yes...but there's a complication...at least in the 83 series. They have a volume control, but it limits full dynamic range unless the player's MV is at 100 (max). I don't know about the 9x series. However, I have taken the pre out of the chain and hooked my SE directly to my TFM 35. It sounded fabulous at a volume of 15. If I had hooked it up without adjusting the volume control on the remote first, I would have blown something. The TFM also has a gain control, but I left it at max just to see how much the Oppo controlling things effected SQ.

Geoff4rfc

Ron Temple wrote: »

Yes...but there's a complication...at least in the 83 series. They have a volume control, but it limits full dynamic range unless the player's MV is at 100 (max). I don't know about the 9x series. However, I have taken the pre out of the chain and hooked my SE directly to my TFM 35. It sounded fabulous at a volume of 15. If I had hooked it up without adjusting the volume control on the remote first, I would have blown something. The TFM also has a gain control, but I left it at max just to see how much the Oppo controlling things effected SQ.

Oh yeah, I forgot about volume control. You would have to have it connected to the AVR at least for that.

But the XLR hookups can go straight from the 95 to your balanced connections on the amp, right?

And, can it be done in conjunction with running RCA connections from the AVR for a three channel set up for HT? Could it be as easy as switching the bal/unbal switch in the back when going back in forth from HT to 2 channel listening?

brgman

Enjoy that 95 Larry.i love mine.Just tossed in a PAL DVD i had sitting here and it played without touching a thing.The player is so friggin versatile it's ****.It is the most i had to sink into an upgrade from my 980HD and it's like i bought 3 pieces of equipment.
Very happy with it so far.I have a Parasound 2100 w/bypass on the theater so bouncing from 2 channel to 5 or 7 channel is a breeze as well.
Now quit **** around and make me some tweeter rings!:biggrin: