Is OPPO worth the inflated price?

If going digital out, it performs no differently than any other quality player. It’s DAC however is one of the best on the market.

@lalitk

average quality DAC.

https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-and-measurements-of-oppo-udp-205-u...

Try one of the best (most transparent) DACs on the planet.

@lalitk  
 
As I’ve stated elsewhere, if you know you are playing that DAC, your evaluations are invalid from a credibility viewpoint.

@hgeifman

They didn’t, that division of OPPO was shut down (the Hi-Fi 4K market is small).

@lalitk  
 
I stated it’s one of the most transparent DACs out there. That may sound boring to you if you aren’t looking to listen to your music as is truly sounds. Either way, if you can disprove my claim on it being one of the best in terms of transparency, I welcome it; I’m not gonna argue on your sighted+informed subjective opinion, as that’s your truth.

@lalitk

Transparency doesn’t always equates to musicality.

Musicality is a non-descript term, might as well say “The sound was too orange.” No one knows exactly what someone else means when they use that term. I used transparency, which is easily understood, meaning it adds no colorations. I prefer no colorations/distortions (let me hear my music, not my gear), and I stated the 205 was one of the best on the planet for this purpose, I have no arguments on what you find “musical”.  
  
Now, I would not use a CD Player as a DAC, so the 205 doesn’t interest me, and even for its transparency, I wouldn’t spend that much (even the Chord Qutest or Benchmark DAC3B are question marks for me).