Anyone heard the OPPO multifunction cd player.

I have the 970HD and think it is a truly great player, for the money. Check out the threads here and AVS. I think there is a consensus that until all the formats are better agreed upon, this is the player to have while waiting. There are better stand-alone CDPs, but only if you spend more money. I have been using a Jolida 100A ($950), Classe' .3(sold) and Njoe Tjoeb 4000 with upsampler ($1495) which are all better, but more money. Occasionally I will listen to the 970 with Redbook CD and the sound is somewhat compressed, but it really shines with DVD-A and SACD.

That's the great thing about audio, everyone hears something different! To my ears, the Oppo does not compare to stand alone CDPs of any quality, but it doesn't need to, at that price! Enjoy the music!