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Oppo 205 and external DAC?

My goal is to utilize the balanced output of the Oppo but the amplifier(PL Dialogue HP) has unbalanced inputs. 

Excluding the modification route.

What external DAC would offer an improvement in SQ over the inboard Oppo DAC? Also with balanced connections, then of course switching to unbalanced from the dac to the PL.


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a1126lin
70 posts
 
How do u connect oppo 205 to external Dac ? If u use Mac Air as a source?
Mac Air to usb input then coaxial output to external Dac ? I do t get any sound. 
Thanks
mahler123
3,318 posts
 
If the MacAir is the source, then you don’t connect to the Oppo.  Connect the computer directly to the DAC by usb.
  Note that the Oppo 205 can be used as the external DAC for the Mac, but if you go this route, do not then connect the Oppo to another external DAC
a1126lin
70 posts
 
Thank for the info
my Dac doesn’t have a usb input 
How can I use oppo just pass the digital info to the external Dac 
thx
mahler123
3,318 posts
 
Use the Network tab of the Oppo. If it doesn’t show the files in the Mac Mini then you may have to add a driver to the Mac to allow it to share .  All of this will work better if it’s hard wired
a1126lin
70 posts
 
how do I stream music ( Spotify or Apple Music ) from Mac air to oppo usb then output to external Dac ( no usb input) on the external Dac 
thx 
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