Dspr: i can relate to enjoying reading about the artist/album while listening. depending on the controller used to run the psa bridge, i've found just as much if not more to read with J River mc18 on my ipad3. countless photo's and histories are a click away (in or outside j river via the web). and all on a nice hi res screen.
i think the pwd (1&2) sounds slightly better with the pwt then the bridge. it's not evident 100% of the time comparing redbook cd's but is (to my ears) with hi res wav burned to dvd. it's such a small difference, i still use the bridge 85-90% of the time. pwt is only used for critical listening...something i rarely do anymore.
i think the pwdmk2 can "sound as good" as many of the much higher priced dacs and/or cd players out today...if it's matched to your liking via supporting cast. it lets the music out beautifully with little/no signature of its own imho. it's very sensitive to tweaks too. more so then any piece of gear i've ever owned. cables (pc and ic), power supple, vibration all leave their "signatures" on the pwd very easily....not to mention the stereo components themselves (and even fuses for gods sake lol)
i have no doubt you can achieve the sound you like with the pwd. you might need to play around with your set-up a bit to get there.
have heard alot of good things about the oppo. from what i understand...it's a steal of a deal that sounds great. yet to hear one so i really can't comment.
good luck
i think the pwd (1&2) sounds slightly better with the pwt then the bridge. it's not evident 100% of the time comparing redbook cd's but is (to my ears) with hi res wav burned to dvd. it's such a small difference, i still use the bridge 85-90% of the time. pwt is only used for critical listening...something i rarely do anymore.
i think the pwdmk2 can "sound as good" as many of the much higher priced dacs and/or cd players out today...if it's matched to your liking via supporting cast. it lets the music out beautifully with little/no signature of its own imho. it's very sensitive to tweaks too. more so then any piece of gear i've ever owned. cables (pc and ic), power supple, vibration all leave their "signatures" on the pwd very easily....not to mention the stereo components themselves (and even fuses for gods sake lol)
i have no doubt you can achieve the sound you like with the pwd. you might need to play around with your set-up a bit to get there.
have heard alot of good things about the oppo. from what i understand...it's a steal of a deal that sounds great. yet to hear one so i really can't comment.
good luck