OPPO 83 and Benchmark DAC 1

Bjpd57a1, Ahh but will your Sony play Blu Ray disc's ???

Mjcmt, To add more information. I copied the music to the CDR's using a Tascam professional recorder.
And once the CDR's were created they were played back through my 2 channel system.
Below is that system.

Consisting of Cary 306 Pro CD player, Pass Labs XP-10 Preamp and Pass Labs X350.5 Amp.
Speakers used Eggleston Works Andra 2.
All the cables were Synergistic top of the line.
Dedicated AC outlet using a Synergistic Powerecell 10SE.

The Oppo 83 plays SACD, DVD-A ,DVD and Blu Ray discs beautifully. In video and audio.
I agree however, that the redbook CD on the OPPO is not as good as say my Cary CD player playback and could be improved with the utilzation of an external Dac.

But, the stereo outputs and the L/R outputs on the Oppo 83 are the same so there is no need for all that additional
fooling around to go around it.

Mjcmt , This is interesting but hard to believe.

To test this, I have the new Blu Ray of Steve Winwood / Eric Clapton Live.
I have already copied it to a CDR using the 2 channel out from the OPPO 83.
So, I will copy it again using the L/R and see which is better.

Mjcmt, Well I made another CDR of a Blu Ray concert with using this time the L/R analog outputs. (I changed the settings on the Oppo 83 to L/R and no subwoofer).

Comparing this CDR to the other CDR that was recorded earlier using the Oppo 83 Stereo analog outputs , I've got to tell you the recordings are virtually the same.

So your statement that the L/R outputs are better than the stereo outputs is just not true.

Perhaps the Oppo 83 has improved upon the stereo outputs over your previous Oppo players.