Hey everyone! Brand new to the saloon. I've had my 990 for a few years and just swapped out my Denon 2910 DVD/SACD player for the Oppo BDP-83. Indeed I too have an issue with audio dropping out when listening to CDs via coax/optical (bitstream). Occurs when changing tracks. My work around is pressing the pause button then going to the next track. This works for the time being but you can only skip one track at a time. You must press pause each time you change tracks. Noticed this problem before checking out the saloon so it is way cool to have a resource like this to count on! It's comforting to know I'm not alone. I love the player (as well as my 990) and hope Oppo given their stellar reputation will provide a firmware update to resolve the problem.