I think this is sill more or less in line with where this topic has gone - I have my BDP-83 running through my 990 via the 7.1 input on the 990, and on regular DVDs I am getting better sound via the BDP-83 decoding than I was previously with the 990 decoding the digital signal from my regular DVD player (both DD & DTS).

I did not expect this. I haven't done a blind test or anytthing, but on several different DVDs on my usual reference scenes - every time on the Oppo the sound seems to be a step-up than with my usual setup. Not off-the charts better, but it is consistently just a little more detailed (I've noticed it both in the front/center channels and in the surround channels).

I didn't expect this. Anyone else experienced this? Any thoughts?