Hi. I actually had Steve Nugent mod an Opus 5 for me, and I have it connected up to one of his outboard DACs -- the Spoiler. Sounds great. 750 GB disc. Nice and quiet, too. Two thoughts. There IS a difference in sound between encoding the audio in WAV and FLAC. But even with WAV, you can get over 1000 albums on there. I can't tell you what the Opus' DAC would sound like on its own, though. Check the company for return policy, or have Steve do his magic!
Evan
Evan