Oppo BDP-103D Blu-ray Player - An audio evaluation (Revised 8 April 2014)
(Revised 8 April 2014) Introduction A fairly sturdy centrally mounted disc tray and USB port in front. IEC socket for lovers of aftermarket power cords, two additional USB ports, and optical and coaxial digital outputs. The BDP-103 does not have any digital inputs, you need to step up to the BDP-105 for that. The Oppo BDP-103 and 105 are very popular Blu-ray players. I recently purchased the BDP-103D (Darbee equipped version of the 103), and put it through it's paces to see whether it could serve as a high quality CD/SACD player or digital transport. The 103D was evaluated through its on-board DAC and analog output section, as well as fed into my Calyx Femto DAC. The Oppo is serious business as far as Bluray players go, tipping the scales at 4.9 kg. Build construction is sturdy and inspires confidence. The Oppo is equipped with a DAC chip from Cirrus Logic, the CS4382A which is capable of 24 bit / 192 khz sampling. It's more expensive sibling, the BDP-105 sports twin ESS Sabre