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| Speakers choice with Octave v80se I own the Octave V80se and the Sabrina’s and couldn’t be any happier. I did audition the Focal Sopra 2’s as well but I liked it with the Sabrina’s more. Not a fan of the Avalon’s. I like Dynaudio’s, I had a couple of models including the C1’s. The... | |
| Resale prices for Oppo Digital Universal Players I lied. I reread the comments by riaa in the modifications of Oppo players post and he did not endorse Dan at Modwrights. I apologize. Although his posts are still interesting. | |
| Resale prices for Oppo Digital Universal Players First, the good news. This will be my last post regarding the Oppo UDP-205 player. I decided to reread this post from the beginning. The OP asked about the diversity of pricing regarding the Oppo products. He mentions seeing pricing of $3699.00, $... | |
| Resale prices for Oppo Digital Universal Players Well bless your heart. | |
| Resale prices for Oppo Digital Universal Players MilpaiYou caught me. I’m trying to drive down the cost of UDP-205 players universally so I can buy them all up and corner the market. You’re too smart for me.My system consists of Octave electronics, Wilson Yvette speakers, Marantz Ruby CD, Linn L... | |
| Resale prices for Oppo Digital Universal Players The professional reviewers liked the UDP-205 at the price of $1295.00 (I could write a book on the dubious nature of “professional reviewers”.)I highly doubt one of them would recommend it at the current prices. I bought the Marantz Ruby player a... | |
| Resale prices for Oppo Digital Universal Players UnsoundThe Oppo 205, at its original MSRP of $1295.00, could be considered a “reasonable” value I suppose as a mid fi product. However, it certainly is not worthy of the inflated prices it has been going for since it was discontinued. The midrange... | |
| Resale prices for Oppo Digital Universal Players 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 ver... |