My Oppo is a bit too bright


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In a comparison to an impartial audience between my analog rig and my Oppo 105D > LFD LE IV rig, the consensus was the the digital end was too bright and brittle.
Some more details:

Digital:
Oppo 105 > Belden 840 cables > LFD LE IV > Decware Styx speaker cables

Analog:
VPI HW19 MK 4/Hana ML > Morrow PH4 > LFD LE phono > AZ ICs > LFD LE IV
All feeding into Spatial M3 Turbo S's
I agree with the consensus. Any suggestions for a warmer digital sound?
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simao

Showing 1 response by mahler123

“Any suggestions for a warmer digital sound”

Have you tried putting the Oppo in the microwave?

A more fruitful approach  would be to use an external DAC, and personally I would recommend on the does not use an ESS Sabre chip, as does the Oppo.  My Oppo 105 sounds much better as a transport into my Bryston DAC3, which uses AKM manufactured chip.  ESS have fantastic detail retrieval but can sound harsh.  I had another DAC featuring the same chip as the 105, a Mytek Manhattan, and it offered different filter options, but none of them seemed to tame that fierce treble (my speakers are B&W 803D, and those diamond tweeters can be to much of a good thing, particularly with solo Piano).  At any rate, DACs sound different, similar to variations in turntables and phono preamps.  Try something else.