I think what you are going to see with all these "replacements" for Oppo are machines that are geared more for the video crowd than the audio crowd and these clueless magazine/blog authors are going to endorse them as the next Oppo...there is always going to be something missing when compared to an Oppo….
Thou speaks the truth and the truth bites deep. One can wait around for the chance that there will indeed be a replacement in kind for Oppo...if they are lucky: