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Sunnyboy · 02-06-2011, 02:10 AM

Dear everyone, after long waiting for BDP-93 and BDP-95, I think lots of people are wondering: which one should I get?

My suggestion is (I am not affiliated with OPPO in any way): If you use a BD player to connect to your HT system through HDMI, BDP-93 is for you. Period.

But, for people who is using traditional receivers, is BDP-95 worth it? Well, that depends.

The main difference between Oppo BDP-93 and BDP-95 is the audio board, however, the difference is not just $500! The difference is HUGE! BDP-93 and BDP-95 have exactly the same video circuits: SMPS (95 comes with isolation) --> video main board --> BD drive. But the difference stops here.

If you are a serious stereophile like me who want to take the advantage of ESS Sabre32, National Semiconductor LM4562/LME49720/LME49724 (all OP amps are one of them), WIMA MKP 5% caps, polystyrene caps and so on. Then BDP-95 is designed for you!

The architecture of BDP-95 is: power IEC inlet --> 2 power supply boards (1 is the same as that of BDP-93's Switching Power Supply, however, the other one connect to a insulated toroidal transformer made for BDP-95. These two power supplies are connected in parallel). I have no interests in reporting the video part, since people already familiar with Oppo's BD players performance.

On the power supply to audio board, there are 4 1N400X type of diodes (which makes modification easy), and ELNA 3300 uF, 50V x 4 filtering caps, and after LM317 regulators, there are 6 x ELNA SILMIC 470uF, 25V filtering caps. The raw DC power then feed into the audio board with 2 x ESS 9018 DACs. On this board, all power supplies are regulated again, and each IC/OP amps, power supplies are regulated, decoupled by a 220uF, 25V elco caps by-pass by Wima MKP 0.47 uF, 100V, 5% metalized PP caps. For each OP amps's compensation network, they are all using polystyrene and metal film resistors! Well, probably I should say all resisters are 1/8 W 1% metal film resistors!

After my baby got burned in, I will probably change stereo parts' caps all to Panasonic FM or Rubycon ones. But, at this time, no decision has been made.

For serious videophiles, BDP-95 is also for you, especially you drive each speaker separately with dedicated amps in your HT. Go for BDP-95.

Put it in this way, I have not seen any high-end audio equipments designed like this level for a price tag under $5000! I took some pictures already, when I find a place to host them, I will add the links later.

Further sound evaluation will come 2 weeks later (system break-in)... I will use OPPO BDP-95 --> Quad 606-II --> Tannoy Studio near field monitor to do the comparison. First listen: Sony SCD-XA5400ES is out!

Mike: you will be very very surprised!

02-06-2011, 02:10 AM	#1
Sunnyboy Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Long Island, NY.	Oppo BDP-93 vs Oppo BDP-95 which one should I get? Dear everyone, after long waiting for BDP-93 and BDP-95, I think lots of people are wondering: which one should I get? My suggestion is (I am not affiliated with OPPO in any way): If you use a BD player to connect to your HT system through HDMI, BDP-93 is for you. Period. But, for people who is using traditional receivers, is BDP-95 worth it? Well, that depends. The main difference between Oppo BDP-93 and BDP-95 is the audio board, however, the difference is not just $500! The difference is HUGE! BDP-93 and BDP-95 have exactly the same video circuits: SMPS (95 comes with isolation) --> video main board --> BD drive. But the difference stops here. If you are a serious stereophile like me who want to take the advantage of ESS Sabre32, National Semiconductor LM4562/LME49720/LME49724 (all OP amps are one of them), WIMA MKP 5% caps, polystyrene caps and so on. Then BDP-95 is designed for you! The architecture of BDP-95 is: power IEC inlet --> 2 power supply boards (1 is the same as that of BDP-93's Switching Power Supply, however, the other one connect to a insulated toroidal transformer made for BDP-95. These two power supplies are connected in parallel). I have no interests in reporting the video part, since people already familiar with Oppo's BD players performance. On the power supply to audio board, there are 4 1N400X type of diodes (which makes modification easy), and ELNA 3300 uF, 50V x 4 filtering caps, and after LM317 regulators, there are 6 x ELNA SILMIC 470uF, 25V filtering caps. The raw DC power then feed into the audio board with 2 x ESS 9018 DACs. On this board, all power supplies are regulated again, and each IC/OP amps, power supplies are regulated, decoupled by a 220uF, 25V elco caps by-pass by Wima MKP 0.47 uF, 100V, 5% metalized PP caps. For each OP amps's compensation network, they are all using polystyrene and metal film resistors! Well, probably I should say all resisters are 1/8 W 1% metal film resistors! After my baby got burned in, I will probably change stereo parts' caps all to Panasonic FM or Rubycon ones. But, at this time, no decision has been made. For serious videophiles, BDP-95 is also for you, especially you drive each speaker separately with dedicated amps in your HT. Go for BDP-95. Put it in this way, I have not seen any high-end audio equipments designed like this level for a price tag under $5000! I took some pictures already, when I find a place to host them, I will add the links later. Further sound evaluation will come 2 weeks later (system break-in)... I will use OPPO BDP-95 --> Quad 606-II --> Tannoy Studio near field monitor to do the comparison. First listen: Sony SCD-XA5400ES is out! Mike: you will be very very surprised! Last edited by Sunnyboy; 02-06-2011 at 02:55 AM.

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