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RE: Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray player in-depth review ?

Posted by HighEndWire (A) on June 28, 2009 at 06:16:21

In Reply to: Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray player in-depth review ? posted by AbeCollins on June 27, 2009 at 22:28:31:

I've had mine for about a month and a half and really like it. I'm using it in the main system. I have a main system, a bedroom system (which backs to the main system and I've had them interconnected at various times), and a basement system. I've had a variety of audio and video components in the main system over time. Right now the main system has a Marantz DV9600 and a Bryston BCD-1. I have an Oppo 980 in the bedroom system and its performance over analog outs was OK (especially considering it is a $170 player) but until I got a receiver with HDMI, I left my Sony 2000ES CD/SACD changer in the bedroom for SACD. The 980 is better over HDMI and at some point I will hook the HDMI cable I have running through the wall to the 983 to compare HDMI performance (no HDMI in the main system yet using the multi-channel outs of the 983 for Blu-Ray).

While I have not dragged the Blu-Ray players from each system to the main system for a direct comparison, I did have the Samsung 2500 that I have in the bedroom system in the main system for a couple of months before I picked up the Oppo. For video, the Marantz DV9600 is no slouch on DVD. It looked best in my system feeding it to the projector (BenQ W5000) to upscale vs. using its 1080p upconversion. The Samsung and Oppo look better using their own upconversion. The Samsung was a bit better than the DV9600 on DVD and the Oppo 983 is a bit better than the Samsung. All 3 players do look outstanding though. The Oppo 983 is better than the Samsung on load times (probably in the same league as the PS3) and I think is a bit better on Blu-Ray (the picture on what I watched on both players seems a little cleaner on the Oppo). The Samsung has no level controls on its multi-channel outs and I was not able to listen to the hi-rez audio on Blu-Rays when it was in the main system.

The Oppo 983 in my opinion is worth its price as an audio only player. I don't find it as good as the DV9600 for SACD but it is certainly not embarrassed by it. I'd say the bottom octaves are a little better and tighter on the Oppo 983 vs. the DV9600 but overall the midrange and highs are richer and fuller on the DV9600. The Oppo is a drop more laid back but does image very well. I have about 260 SACDs so I'd like to have something that is a bit better than the DV9600 (which I got when I sold a Modwright XA-777ES about 3.5 years back - declining SACD releases and took what I could get from that and the Sony TA=P9000ES I used to switch between multi-channel SACD and DVD-A). I'll see what happens with the Oppo 983 over HDMI before I decide what to do for SACD.

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