The best Blu-ray players that also perform as world-class music players!
NuForce BDP-93 Edition MSRP $899.00
- The best all-rounded Blu-ray player with a seductive Class-A Triode sound signature. Musical, warm and smooth sounding.
Upgradable to Xtreme Edition for $400.
NuForce BDP-93 Xtreme Edition MSRP $1399.00
- Technologically sophisticated with unique asynchronous clocking VCXO. Provides superior high-end sound: powerful bass, robust mids, extended high, very revealing and detail presentation, wide and precise sound stage.
- The performance of BDP-93 Xtreme Edition has surpassed our highest expectation and we do not believe that we can improve BDP-95 Xtreme Edition with sufficient performance difference to justify a much higher price. Therefore BDP-95 Xtreme Edition project has been terminated.
- All NuForce Blu-ray players are based on OPPO's players. These NuForce Edition players are sold by NuForce only.
- Note that all Blu-ray transports are noisier than the transport in a high-end CD player such as NuForce CDP-8.
Extracting high-quality audio from Blu-ray players can be problematic in that the HDMI signal format interleaves video and audio data into a single transmission medium. While a convenient means of transferring A/V data between components, the process of combining these signals invariably imparts a level of digital jitter to the audio data sometimes as high as seven nanoseconds. For the purpose of comparison, a good CD player's jitter specification is in the picosecond range, i.e., three orders of magnitude less. In practical terms, it is difficult to decode HDMI audio without employing extensive re-clocking circuits, thus inflating the cost of a good HDMI audio pre-processor.
The simplest, most cost-effective way of dealing with the analog audio issue is at its source. And this is what we have accomplished in the NuForce BDP-93NE and BDP-93NXE. By replacing the analog output circuit board with a proprietary design, the 93NE and 93NXE delivers the highest possible levels of the natural, beautiful sound that has long since established NuForces enviable reputation. Weve every confidence you'll agree that the NuForce BDP-93 Xtreme Edition equals or exceeds the performance of the worlds best digital audio disc players.
NuForce BDP-93 Edition player (MSRP $899) and 93NE upgrade board (MSRP $400) features:
- All 8-channels have been re-engineered to deliver ultimate audio performance.
- Onboard linear processing circuitry delivers highly regulated and filtered DC power to all analog output stages for lowest noise and distortion performance.
- output stage designed to avoid the need for a signal-degrading muting circuitry.
- Advanced analog filters eliminate phase shifting within the audible bands.
- High performance op-amps for a warm, vibrant, seductive sound.
- The 93NE board's sonic goal was for 12AX7-type triode characteristics without tubes.
NuForce BDP-93 Xtreme Edition (MSRP $1399) and 93NXE upgrade board (MSRP $900) offer all the features of 93NE plus:
- A sophisticated clocking scheme to suppress jitter for all eight channels. An ultra-stable VCXO generates an audio clock that is completely asynchronous from the transport's clock. The result is a theoretical jitter specification of < 3ps (RMS)(PCM data only) jitter so low that our test equipment cannot measure it.
Jitter spectrum plot:
DIY customers can purchase NuForce Xtreme Edition analog boards (sold separately) to upgrade standard Oppo BDP-93 players.
BDP-93NE Specifications
A special 'minimal phase shift filter' is used in the audio band to preserve the best sound quality.
This filter has a gentle roll off curve to minimize phase shift. FR spec: +/- 3dB from 15-50kHz.
Supported sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96kHz, 192kHz, 16-24-bit
Visit OPPO BDP-93 product page.
