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FYI, this current Home Menu is not the original when the player was first introduced. This is what I love about the aftermarket support of Oppo, they actually upgraded the menu with a firmware update several months after the player was on the market.

Ok, I've been switching back and forth between the Panasonic 310 and the OPPO 83 players, just playing Pandora content. Everytime I switch back to the Panasonic, the sound is more muted, so I know something is going on with the frequency ranges between the 2 systems. All other things being equal. I don't know what it is, but the OPPO plays with better sound. Also in both cases the AVR sets itself to PLII Music. Definetely not just differences in volume either. I turned it up in both cases just to eliminate that possibility.

With Panasonic BR player, I get bass, but nothing exceptional. With the OPPO, I get exceptional bass.

to verify this....
step 1) set volume limit on your reciever
step 2) start drinking until they sound the same..


If you can walk after completing step 2, then it is possible it is a placebo affect... However, if you can not walk after completing step 2, then there is a real and true difference....


Note, it is best to follow these instructions on a day prior to a scheduled day off...

I know what I say sounds silly, but if wasn't all that noticeable, I wouldn't have written about it.

have you started following said instructions yet? it is best not to post while following step 2... Mark may make fun, as the night progresses....

on a side note, i completely believe you.. The circuitry in the Oppo is most likely FAR superior to the panasonic, hence the reason i recommended you buy one

Playing a standard CD, I hear no difference. No reason to even try the old player. I'm playing some Norah Jones that I listen to all the time. I get the exact same sound. The only difference so far is the downstreaming audio content.

I thought I might have heard a difference in the upper ranges, but I tried the old player and got the same results.

You should get a netflix subscription, and tell me how you like the quality....

Trying some DVD's just to check out the upconversion. It's possible that I don't have some settings set properly yet. I tried the crappiest quality DVD I had and watched certain portions of it. It happens to be The Abyss, btw. There was no visual improvement. But, with this movie, it's basically garbage in equals garbage out.

Tried the DVD version of AI. No noticeable differences between Panasonic and OPPO. They both displayed the same fuzzy image, with ghost images of objects to both the left and right.

No differences in the blu-ray playback of AI either. At least the ghost images were gone, both players.