Audioholics: Oppo on the Inside, Lexicon on the Outside
The folks at Audioholics decided to do a review of Lexicon’s new, high-end DVD player, the BD-30. They were intrigued, they said, by the fact that the $3,500 unit’s back-end panel looked more or less identical to that of the Oppo BDP-83 — a player that sells for $3,000 less.
When we received the player the first thing we did was open it up to get a look at the inside. Imagine my surprise when I found that not only did the Lexicon share the same boards and transport as the Oppo – it was in fact AN OPPO BDP-83 PLAYER, CHASSIS AND ALL, SHOVED INSIDE AN ALUMINUM LEXICON WRAPPER.
They were unable to find anything — other than the slightly larger aluminum chasis and the logo — that differentiated the two products.
January 18th, 2010 at 11:15 am
lol – that BD-30 is obviously powered by woo