Well, you did some critical thinking and it appears you made a selection decision on what you understand will best support the functions you seek from a Universal Player. Interestingly enough, I purchased my OPPO 205 for just one function, RCA output of multi-channel SACDs; but, I now enjoy the player mostly for its usb B DAC, streaming to it, AAC, ALAC, and AIFF stereo music from my iTunes Library. I've also experimented with the unit's usb drive ports, Network via DLNA, and HDMI transmission/decoding for stereo and multi-channe,l discovering usb drive is glitch free and gapless for stereo, as well as multi-channel content, while Network play is not gapless, and HDMI is not glitch free. At any rate, it has been a mixed bag, with some surprises, both pleasing and somewhat frustrating as I attempt with a limited brain to properly sync drivers, OPPO set-up, iTunes, and Windows 10 to get the best experience from the technology. In other words, I'm not sure I've mustered the technology, making it unclear if I am getting the best experience from the technology.