Registered: 12/05/05
Posts: 240
Loc: The Northcoast
My other experiences with SACD players are the same as AvFan. I had a Pioneer 45A and the 980H. I never cared for the 45A SACD playback. the 980H was better and being unable to do a direct A/B comaprison I would say they are very close if not the same.
I have to agree with gonk about the 83's analog section, I definitely feel the analog audio is better than the Sony S550.
And the Oppo's operation is so much nicer from load times to display to setup.
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