I purchased a 205 shortly before they were discontinued based upon all the positive reviews and feedback to replace an aging Sony SCD-777ES. This was the first and last time I will ever purchase a component without listening to it first. I was very disappointed with the sound quality. It wasn’t even decent, let alone great, considering all the professional reviews I read. My old Sony (a great sounding player IMO) was significantly better. While I sat back and thought about how best I could get rid of this dramatically overrated black box, a shocking thing started to happen. The prices started going crazy. The higher they went, the more demand there was. I almost sold it too soon. I held off until prices went over 3k and then I quickly listed it and sold it. What a relief. Not only did I get rid of it, I made an impressive profit. For all of you considering purchasing an used Oppo, don’t, unless you just want it for its DVD capabilities.
Resale prices for Oppo Digital Universal Players
May I ask the forum to explain to me the disparity in the asking and bid prices for various preowned and some new Oppo Digital Universal Players for sale on Audiogon and on another well known resale site? I'm seeing prices all over the scale. I know they're no longer manufactured but the asking and bid prices don't seem to make any sense. For example, there's a BDP-93 manufactured in 2011 with an asking price is $250.00, another one built in 2010 at $310.00 and another at $150.00 similar vintage. There's a BDP-95 Blu-ray Universal Player for sale at $643.00. There's a UDP-205 for $3,000.00 manufactured in 2017. There's a BDP-83SE that's 10 years old with an asking price of $433.00. There are three new UDP-205s with asking prices from $3,699.00, $4,999.00 & $5,295.00 !! The UDP-205s new were $1,299.00 when they became available. There's a new UDP-203 built in 2016 at $820.00......new they were $549.00. I own a BDP-103 from 2014 purchased brand new at $500.00 and it's still in excellent condition. What is that worth should I decide to sell it here may I ask?
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