In Reply to: How much does it take to beat stock SCD-1 / 777ES? posted by La Dolce Vita on January 28, 2007 at 14:22:44:
I just replaced my SCD-777ES which had started having trouble reading SACD with an Oppo 970 and on Redbook the Oppo was heads above the performance of the 777ES. I was somewhat shocked how big the difference was... much more open, dynamic, and alive. My original plan was to eventually send the Sony in for the VSE mods which I probably will still do but the Oppo certainly has me thinking a bit more about it. It also has me thinking about having the Oppo modded probably the only thing stopping me on that is that it's so cheap and pretty good stock that I'm not sure if it warrants spending more money on it.On SACD i think the difference is smaller and in fact the Sony may be better-I didn't spend any real time comparing the two since I listen mainly to Redbook.
T
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