Are any of these able to function as a DAC? I have the DacMagic which has an Apple TV3 plugged into it. If I could kill off those boxes I'd have a nice clean installation. |
No, I read the link. It states: "the Cambridge player lacks the BDP-105’s 32-bit DAC..."
I assumed it had a 16 bit DAC. Does the Cambridge player have no DAC at all? |
Thanks. It looks like Oppo sells the BDP-103 via Amazon as well as directly. I am finding the $500 price a lot more interesting than the $1200 to $1300 cost on others. Maybe it is made in China? (Oppo is owned by Chinese company BBK Electronics.)
Any ideas on benefits or problems with buying via Amazon? |
Thanks.
Oppo says the sound quality difference is in the analog output - if I wind up feeding digital out into a digital pre-amp, it shouldn't matter.
I found a refurb 103 for $415 so I bought that. I have 30 days to think about it, with shipping fees being around $40 if I send it back.
I'm sure there will be something groovier and much better as USB-C wipes out HDMI as an interface, as 18K video takes over, and so on. For Disc players, I may just buy a new $500 model every 4 years, right?
I also have some 15 year Maggies I want to replace, maybe the Sonic Frontiers pre-amp I use and maybe even my Sunfire amp. Not to mention the plasma TV, sports car parts, wine and etc. |
Can the BDP-103 receive audio from Apple Airplay in iTunes? |
I bought a refurbed BDP-103 and it has arrived. I haven't tested it A-B against the same CD or pressing vs. my Cal Audio Icon yet, but it sounds good and is pretty easy to operate as a disc player.
BUT, I am having trouble getting it to play music from my Mac using iTunes. I have ripped all my CDs onto the Mac in Apple Lossless files.
I can get the BDP-103 to recognize my WiFi network, password, etc. but it keeps asking for another Username and password when I open the Network icon on the player, my computer name, and then either the Music or Photos file icons the player then shows. |
Oppo has just announced a new player with 4k or 8k video capability.
dunno if audio quality will be better
Cambridge has a good rep, but you'd need to find some critical source material and listen to both I think |
re: "the choice of the DAC chip (wolfson or sabre) has very little to do with sound quality"
Do you mean the brand per se? Or the type of DAC chip? Or that all DACs are pretty much the same now?
Oppo and others often advertise their DACs as being high-quality, and there was the One-bit phenomenon some years ago, not to mention the Burr-Brown thing...
I'm not saying that any of the above matter much, but am curious. |
Sony has or is about to have a new Universal player; Oppo is about to announce a new version also |
jafant - I tried out an Oppo BDP-103 vs. my current Cal Audio for a while. I liked the Oppo but it did not sound any better and it could not receive my iTunes Apple Lossless files over WiFi, so I sent it back. There is a currently active thread on this
I may try Oppo again when they have a new player as the concept of a single box to play all audio and video discs, and WiFi is a compelling one... |
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unh... not a fan of McIntosh (except the looks and build quality)
a quantitative assessment is impossible, esp. to 0.1 level
now... Oppo has a wonderful 30 trial policy and it is very fair - you only pay shipping one way
also, they are working on new players
and as a universal player, it will handle video too
you might want to do what I am doing - assembling some program material to really test things carefully
e.g. rip 2 copies of a favorite CD; you will put one copy on each player with a few seconds time lag on one of them and then listen to the exact same passage twice - right after the other one
for material, I usually pick female vocals, something with snare drums (listen for that first impulse 'hit') and high quality recordings/mastering
e.g. I use the famous jazz at the Pawnshop for part of it, even tho it is not my favorite jazz |
Thanks, I'll look at those. |
I guess that is a Photochop mock-up as I don't see a disc tray... |
mine? I just replaced my pre-amp with an ARC LS-25 MkII.
I'd like to replace my Maggie 1.5 QE speakers with the 3.7i but the local dealer doesn't allow in home listening, so that is the big holdup. I am waiting for Oppo to release their new player...
But better to test it with the top speaker -- maybe I'll get cone speakers... |
not yet - waiting on Oppo & reviews of it |
