You need to figure it out or you will be buying gear without knowing why. With the sole exception of the analog out to the amp/speaker section every connection in a current system should be digital. My connecting from the BDP-103 to the M-975 via HDMI is a network connection.

Never stack DAC's and in the digital age there is no reason to do so. Your BDP-83 may have had DAC's on the brain while the BDP-103 (the cheap one) figured the buyer understood the difference and knew they had a processor that could pick up the difference.

You defend OPPO for all the wrong reasons and you do not understand why.

Rubbersoul you will find the M-975 to be a big time upgrade. It is a great unit. Buy the B Stock and know you are covered by the best support in the business.

Outlaw units seem to suffer the occasional control software fart but the company deals with it and never place blame on the customer.