Oppo Nuforce BDP-93NE

@Bluenose IMPORTANT: It was the Oppo 983 DVD I heard, NOT the BDP-83 Blu.

Hi, Moomoo. My bad. Thanks for the correction. The 983 would be an older unit perhaps the same time as the Oppo 980? If so, I do have an Oppo 980 and the Oppo 83SE was simply better by a serious margin on cd playback and dvd replay than the 980. Shoff, digital playback has been moving at a good pace. It is hard to say at what level your modded ANthem CD-1, plays at. An interesting note about Nuforce mods on the 93. Both the NXE and NE boards can be puchased separetly and can be installed by the buyer. Instrucitons are on Nuforces site. The good thing with these two boards is they're done with the blessing of Oppo[so I'm led to believe], and if a problem develops with a Nuforce unit it is to be returned to Nuforce for servicing. Oppo and Nuforce both seem to be offering us a lot for the buyer. That mod on the Oppo 95 looks interesting. cheers, lloyd

I don’t know, In my case, I find the BDP-93 punchier and cleaner than the BDP-93 NuForce Edition.
I use single ended triode Trafomatic amp (8W/p ch) integrated and single point drivers speakers (no horns), my speakers reveal speed and pin point accuracy, however, although the NuForce Edition may sound seamless and pleasant (in the right system), I do find that on tracks that tend to boogey hard, the NuForce Edition just sounds a bit too wooly for my ears, I haven’t tried the NuForce Extreme Edition yet, but it’s on the cards. Perhaps that will change the balance and impact that I am looking for. For instance I find the BDP-95 more like the old Theta's, all out punchy and clean with just a hint of liquid warmth where it counts. The 93NE on the other hand is just trying too hard to sound like tubes, old tubes even.
I hope that the NXE (NuForce Xtreme Edition) will shift that balance while retaining the midband magic we’re all so crave?

If you try the NXE let us know how it goes. I did note that the NXE was preferred over the NE at the 6 Moons review. cheers, lloyd

Largely because of the comments I've read on this thread (and some from others) I got the Nuforce Edition board for my BDP-93 this week and have been giving it a workout.

This is my first post, and I just wanted to give my impressions on the upgrade board and to reinforce others, like me, in saying that, no, you're really not crazy to spend almost as much on an upgrade as you did for the original player. IMO it's a darn good improvement, and worth it.

Fortunately I had the opportunity to get used to the characteristic sound of the stock BDP-93 over the last few weeks (very good I might add), via all my favorite and familiar CD's and SACD's, so I do have a basis of comparison. I'll just say, right off the bat, that the sonic differences were immediately noticeable and an improvement.

I really liked the detail, separation, and soundstaging of the stock 93, though the vocals were more laid back than my previous player, a Philips 963SA. My main issue, and the one that led me on a mod search, was that the BDP-93 had a bit too much of an edge, leaning toward stridency, for my tastes.

I've found the Nuforce board to have a much smoother presentation, easier to listen to, while retaining all of the soundstaging and separation, and improvement of subtle detail. Both instruments and vocals have more presence and texture making then seem more realistic, and the vocals are a bit more forward now.

For any of you who have the same sonic concerns I did, I would encourage you to give this Nuforce board a try, especially considering the 30 day return policy.