The thing is, it could be that Oppo is wigging out when play audio CDs because of some settings. It's 100% configurable if nothing else. Also, there are many settings with modern AVRs that could be causing this. Have you tried playing the audio CD with a plain old DVD player? (not SACDs of course) Might be worth ruling things out. For the first time, I ordered 5 SACDs off of Amazon. I was curious if I would hear the difference or not between audio CD and SACD. I'm doubtful but I figured I had to try. I ordered two classical SACDs (Handel/Mozart), Brothers in Arms, Billy Joel, Journey and Boston. The reviews on Amazon were fairly positive some I'm very curious! It should get here on Tuesday so we'll see.
I haven't tweaked my Oppo too much yet, but after the SACDs get here, I'll see if there's anything that jumps out (setting wise)
