Oppo UDP - 205

Hi gdhal,

I just bought an Exogal Plus DAC with their power supply upgrade for <$2k and it is veeery good.

Dave

@dlcockrum 

Thanks for that recommendation. Upon a cursory review of http://www.exogal.com/index.php/products I note clicking the comet plus dac image produces a page not found error. http://www.exogal.com/index.php/products/comet-plus-dac Granted that could be and likely is temporary. Also there are reviews and other data on different sites. On such site https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2015/12/06/review-exogal-comet-dac/ would have me believe the MSRP is $2995 and that is without the upgraded power supply. So, if you bought new you likely have a great deal and if used with the $500 extra power supply again you may have bought into a great deal.

They only have three US dealers, none of which are local to me.

I note the rear of the unit does have a USB A input. Can you confirm/deny whether or not it can "plug and play" if a flash memory stick with music files is inserted.  

Again, thank you Dave.

Hi gdhal,

Try http://www.exogal.com/index.php/products/comet-dac

You have the list price right at $3500. I actually bought mine used for less than $1500 with Wywires umbilical upgrade and full warranty. I saw new ones selling for under $2k recently, but apparently they sold over the past few days.

Have not personally tried a memory stick yet, but Exogal CEO Jeff Haagenstad responds to emails in a few hours or less and I have found him to be pleasant, honest and extremely helpful thus far. He has offered Audiogon members a special price recently on another thread here.

Update: The USB A connection on the rear of the Comet is for charging devices like your iPad or phone, not for memory stick input. My Aurender has the memory stick input feature so I never paid much attention to it before. 
 
Dave

The Same can be said no need to buy a BMW or a Mercedes. Their are plenty of nice cheaper cars to buy which can get you from A to B? 
 

yes, a used Porsche 911


the real question here is what DAC will sound better than an Oppo 205 for the lowest price?

2 lists - one for Redbook, and one for DSD etc.

w/o listening, I'd expect that a $9k Ayre unit would win

but what about a Yggy?