Oppo Digital BDP-95 Modwright Tube Modded with NOS tubes

Modwright Tube modified OPPO BDP-95 universal player for
sale by original owner.  Includes tube
mods, ‘Truth’ umbilical, and extra Bybee rail mods as well ($350 extra). 

In my opinion, because of the ‘stacked’ DACs, the BDP95
sounds better than the BDP-105

This is a beautiful sounding player that rivals much more
expensive units.

Also included in are a selection of tubes including:

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2 Russian 1578 (6sn7) output tubes – these are
the REAL DEAL, legendary and nearly impossible to find these days.  They have approximately 1000 hours on them,
and sound superb.  They easily outperform
the Sophia, as well as any other NOS tube I’ve ever heard.  

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2 Sophia 6ns7 – these tubes have less than 50
hours on them.  Very, very good tubes,
rivaling the best NOS tubes.

·        
Mullard NOS GZ34 rectifier tube (installed in
the power supply).  Really helps the
power supply. This is a ‘last forever’ tube…one of the greats.

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2 EH 6sn7 output tubes furnished by Modwright

·        
1 5ar4 rectifier tube furnished by Modwright

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6 Russian 6h8c (6sn7) tubes.  These are OEM tubes for my BAT amps.  Very good sounding – surprisingly so.

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Modwright description of the mods is below.

 

The Oppo Tube Mod for the
95 includes the following:

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Removal of all feedback-based op-amp analog
circuit.

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Direct coupling of DAC output to
ModWright’s I-V circuit.

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Direct coupling of I-V circuit to
ModWright’s fully balanced 6SN7 based Class A tube stage

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Top quality parts throughout, including MWI
capacitors and Takman Japanese carbon film resistors.

·        
External tube-rectified high-voltage tube
supply powers ModWright tube analog stage.

·        
Optional ‘Truth’ umbilical between external
tube supply and player provides clean and pure DC power for improved detail,
dynamics and soundstage.

·        
Upgrades to stock digital power supplies
for lower jitter and less digital edge.

·        
Enclosure and drive vibration damping for
lower jitter and less digital glare.

·        
5AR4 tube rectifier and 6SN7 driver tubes
allow for broad range of tube rolling, to obtain the right tonal balance for
YOUR system.

Recommended Tube Upgrades
for the Oppo BDP-95 Mod:

·        
Output Tube: Sophia Electric 6SN7 – Galen Carol Audio

·        
Rectifier Tube: Mullard, Amperex or
Phillips ‘GZ34’

Sonics benefits of the
tube mods:
A fuller, richer midrange and even more extended highs and expanded soundstage.
Bass is extremely deep and well defined. The overall presentation combines
midrange warmth, broad bandwidth, sparkling detail and resolution, WITHOUT the
common aggressive edge and glare found in lesser digital components!

The lack of feedback
(inherent in op-amp based analog stages) and the clean and
simplified signal path of our 6SN7 tube-based circuit with tube rectified
external power supply, simply lets the music through.

The ModWright Oppo 95
tube mod IS superior to our previous tube mod for the BDP-83SE.

Results of listening
tests of tube-mod Oppo 95 and stock Oppo.

What jumps right out at
me is the increased soundstage depth and width. Secondly, the low-
level information and aural cues are simply much more apparent with the
modified unit. Detail and resolution excel with the modified unit, over stock,
and stock is GOOD!

The key differences are
resolution, micro-detail/dynamics, decay and a natural ‘ease’ to the music.