Music server feeding Oppo UDP-205


I have set up a music server on a Dell Computer., 8 GB memory, Hard disk WD 5400 RPM with music files.  USD 2.0 out from PC, , USB 2.0 cable, USB 2.0 input on Oppo UDP 205 player.  Run through Oppo DAC and listen through Audeze Headphones.  PC is running Windows 7 Ultimate edition and Foobar2000 software.  I have Oppo UDP USB driver installed on the PC.

When I compare to listen to CD source to Music Server in my headphones - the CD quality is much higher.  What am I missing.  Are there settings in the Foobar2000 software??

Thank you for guidance.
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Showing 1 response by kijanki

Your Oppo has asynchronous USB, making PC hardware irrelevant (as long as driver is good).  I can only guess, that computer injects electrical noise into Oppo.  I would try USB cable without power wires (GND, +5V).  You can also try different USB cables or add USB isolator.  Plugging computer into different outlet might help. (in my home outlets are divided into two phases).

I don't know Foobar2000, but there might be gain adjustments, equalizers or upsamplers, that need to be turned off (eliminated).  Another possibility is that your digital music file rip from CD was poor (error correction code approximates samples when CD is scratched or laser is dirty).  Also make sure that you compare in exactly same conditions at the same time of the day (same amount of ambient electrical noise).