Hey again. I hooked up my old HK 47 dvd player thru the coax digital input this AM. The HK is a garden variety upconverting dvd player, that also plays SACD via analog. I set it to bitstream, and like your experiences, everything worked fine. Looks like the "issue" is OPPO's, in that the HK is competent, but nothing special. If I can think of anything else as a workaround, I'll let you know. Later.