OPPO is officialy out of stock!!!
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Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎
SVS SB16 X2
Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
Cary DMS 800PV Network
OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
Jolida JD9 Fully Modified
VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM
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Oppo just took a page from Elon Musk's playbook -- or (more likely) vice versa.
https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/29/technology/business/elon-musk-tesla-sec-settlement/index.html
On the the other hand, any crazy markups on NOS Oppo components isn't finding its way back to Oppo's (or to whomever owns the brand's) metaphorical pockets.
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I sold mine in 12 hours for 2800...The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
I hope to sell mine for a million dollars in like 20 years.
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I just got a 205, must've been one of the last.
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nooshinjohn wrote: »codycatalist wrote: »nooshinjohn wrote: »codycatalist wrote: »Are they really that good to pass up that much profit? I mean audio is nice but cash is king.
My wife wants me to sell mine, but she got it for me as a gift... yes they are that nice.
That sentimental touch plays into it as well. I'm just someone who has never listened to a proper quality CD player. I have learned there are levels to everything and I know that applies for players.
I have a 10k Krell CD player here with your name on it...
You gotta deliver. I’m not that far away, 6 hours and you get to see my ugly mug! How can you resist?
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codycatalist wrote: »nooshinjohn wrote: »codycatalist wrote: »nooshinjohn wrote: »codycatalist wrote: »Are they really that good to pass up that much profit? I mean audio is nice but cash is king.
My wife wants me to sell mine, but she got it for me as a gift... yes they are that nice.
That sentimental touch plays into it as well. I'm just someone who has never listened to a proper quality CD player. I have learned there are levels to everything and I know that applies for players.
I have a 10k Krell CD player here with your name on it...
You gotta deliver. I’m not that far away, 6 hours and you get to see my ugly mug! How can you resist?
Money talks... The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
Sorry but buying something for many times the MSRP just because a company stops making them is foolish at best.
Oppo was good.............but not $3400 good (current Amazon price) for a 205. Maybe if Oppo sold them for that in the first place they wouldn't have quit making them. But at that price no one would have bought them originally. So why would you pay that now?
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It's only foolish to those who wouldn't spend the money, I for one wouldn't spend that kind of coin on one but It's not my place to say how one should spend their money..Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎
SVS SB16 X2
Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
Cary DMS 800PV Network
OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
Jolida JD9 Fully Modified
VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM
MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s -
A few years ago there were a couple of high end companies that shoved an Oppo in a box of their own design and marketed their own Blu Ray player for around what the 205s are going for now. If one of the big companies were to put out a 4K player with the build quality and features of the 205 I think it would have a sticker price in stores around $2500 because that's how the industry works. The 203 equivalent would probably sell for around $1000. I would like to see Marantz do one though!
Even as things were, I don't think the 205 was selling well because I was in a Best Buy/Magnolia earlier this year and the sales guy said they had 60 of them sitting in their regional warehouse. -
Ayre did that Emlyn but they also re-worked the board and put in a huge bank of caps. They didn't just re-badge it like another company. I learned a long time ago from Steven Sank (Sony ES guru) that you can increase the capacitance by gobs around the D/A chip you can elevate its ability that you can definitely hear a better presentation.
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Wow...lots of coin!!
https://youtu.be/PIK3GXdkxL0
