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Old 08-09-2012, 05:01 PM
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And, you had my vote for the Oppo BDP 95 in your earlier post (re: the RCA Living Stereo discs)

Most "good" CD/SACD transports seem to be considerably more expensive than the Oppo machine, although your Wadia DAC might put you in another league.
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Old 08-09-2012, 05:25 PM
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Is there a transport that would make sense for the wadia 121? And do sacd?

Otherwise sounds like a consensus.
-----The Oppo BDP-93? ...Only $499.
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Old 08-09-2012, 05:56 PM
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If you're using the OPPO to play SACD, the Wadia is not needed. You can't output DSD files to the Wadia.

The OPPO's analogue output is very good for its price. It bettered my old McIntosh MVP871 for <1/5 price.
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Old 08-09-2012, 07:04 PM
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---+ 3, and it costs only $999. ...Peanuts! ...But acts like a $9,999 player!
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Old 08-09-2012, 07:31 PM
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I owned a BDP 95 for some time, it's assuredly a great device. It does unfortunately have a fairly loud fan in it, that in general for blu ray/video playback wasn't particularly annoying. When however I used it for SACD playback, it was. The fan is not nearly loud enough to hear during music playback, it's just that between tracks or very quiet sections, it was to me, somewhat annoying.

Looking back, I actually preferred my BDP93
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Old 08-09-2012, 08:27 PM
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I owned a BDP 95 for some time, it's assuredly a great device. It does unfortunately have a fairly loud fan in it, that in general for blu ray/video playback wasn't particularly annoying. When however I used it for SACD playback, it was. The fan is not nearly loud enough to hear during music playback, it's just that between tracks or very quiet sections, it was to me, somewhat annoying.

Looking back, I actually preferred my BDP93
Agreed. The fan is annoying. That's why I run my 95 with the top off. The fan never kicked in again.
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Old 08-09-2012, 09:20 PM
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Agreed. The fan is annoying. That's why I run my 95 with the top off. The fan never kicked in again.
ahhh, good idea. I did end up selling mine, not necessarily because of the fan noise, more a case of me just not needing it any longer.

...I would have probably dug into it at some point and tried a quieter fan, or, popping the top!
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I don't play any discs, using a TT, but was thinking of getting a player did very occasional use (living stereo classical discs). I am not sure if it makes sense as I don't want to spend much yet the rest of my gear is Shindo tubes.

Thoughts or any players that might make sense?

I may abandon the idea though.
Now if you want an expensive SACD player that "matches" any McIntosh gear I have a MCD-1100 you should consider.

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Now if you want an expensive SACD player that "matches" any McIntosh gear I have a MCD-1100 you should consider.

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The MCD1100 is awesome!!!!

Afraid to ask the pricing on these. The 95 is probably my speed!
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