I notified Dan concerning the firmware upgrade referenced below and he said he would install on both our tube modded MWI 95s prior to RMAF (and presumably on the stock Oppo 95 used in A/B comparisons to keep the playing field level).
The v. 1.5 user's manual also referenced below (which has a link to download it) provides new information re what some of new features are in the latest official firmware:
Speaker distance settings are now individual (no longer linked as pairs !!!)
and distance settings precision are now possible to 1/4 foot instead of 1 foot.
And I think the center and surround (side and rear) (and possibly subwoofer?) speaker distances are no longer restricted to have to be less than or equal to the front left and front right distance(s).
As I mentioned some days ago in other thread(s?),
choosing the audio processing option for stereo output as "FL/FR"
(it's now on page 74 in the new v. 1.5 users manual) will allow use of the Modwright tube mod and the quadruply paralleled/"stacked" ESS 9018 "stereo" DAC for the audio of front channels of multichannel source material such as SACDs, Blu-Rays, DVD-As, and DVD-V w/MC soundtracks.
You run a pair of ICs from the dedicated stereo outputs and do not use the m/c FL/FR outputs, thus using one less pair of interconnect cables as well!
Go to Oppo Customer Support page for Oppo 95:
http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-95/blu-ray-BDP-95-Support.aspx
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Firmware Release:
Latest Official Release Version
Release date: September 26, 2011
Category: Latest Official Release
Main Version: BDP9x-57-0917
Loader Version: CN0900
Sub Version: MCU93-09-0218 (BDP-93), MCU95-08-0218 (BDP-95)
Installation Instructions and Download Link: Click Here
User Manual:
OPPO BDP-95 Blu-ray Disc Player User Manual (PDF Format) [v 1.5]
Release date: October 10, 2011