Hi
Has anyone compared the Oppo against anything else side by side?
I was interested in the answer to this, specifically Oppo 105 vs Panasonic BDT500 a few weeks ago.
If you do a google search you'll see several people have asked the question but hardly anyone knows the answer. Eventually I found one forum where deep in a multi-page thread someone claimed to have heard both and that the Oppo 105 was substantially better.
In the end though I bought the Panasonic as it was a major bargain at £160. I can tell you that the sound is good, better than the Pioneer BDP320 it replaced, but this improvement was much much less than the remaining sound quality deficit when up against my Linn Klimax Renew DS. Which is perhaps no surprise.
Mark