Digital output or Analog output from Blu Ray playe

Yes...if you are using digital outputs (HDMI, toslink, or digital coax) then youa re bypassing the internal DAC of the player and using the DAC in the HT reciver or Pre/Pro. So go with the BDP-93.

If you intend only to use the HDMI, component and/or optical & coaxial audio outputs, and NOT it’s analog outputs ....

Jim, component video is analog, and therefore those outputs utilize dac's in the player (for video, not audio -- as you no doubt realize audio is not carried on those signals).

Best regards,
-- Al

Cmalak

Thanks much... sort of figured it that way, just checking. $500 is $500, or used to be a little while ago!

half a dime can go a long ways towards another better stand alone DAC too.

Almarg

Ooops. Got carried away there for a mo'. I was pointing towards the audio section as you surmised.

I like the idea of the DACs being used by Oppo in the '95. They're boasting some strong numbers. 32 bit... 135db dynamic range.. and ultra quiet. Should support a quite vivid audio image, placing the user exceptionally close to the music. Though the refinement and aaplomb would be a sum of the balance of the downstream parts as well... not simply the DACs in use. But it does smack of an ability to possess remarkable transparency.... depending.

The other thing that made me curious is how differing transports.... connected to differing DACs via a DIGITAL interface, will definitely yield a different sound. The actual interface being used therein too affects the resultant sound about as much as the type of connection in play.

So there's that aspect of digital to digital feeding as well.

I have an Oppo BDP 83SE now and waiting for a trade-up for the 95 model. I use the analogue in the Oppo for movies and music. Sounds really good but kind of wondering how much improvement one HDMI specifically for audio and one for video would sound opposed to one HDMI for both.

Regards Bacardi