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Optimal Setup question Oppo/McIntosh

I'm attempting to get the most out of the equipment I have while making purchases that make the most impact. I currently have an MHT 100 running PSB image line home theater. Overall, I'm extremely pleased with it. I also use this room for music listening, both digital and with a turntable. The digital music is Tidal from a windows laptop=>PS Audio Nu Wave 2=>MHT 100. My Home Theater source setup is through a Plex server, the built in Plex app on a LG 4k tv and optical out from the TV directly into the McIntosh receiver.  Beyond this, I listen to records in my office but do not have an external DAC in there for digital. My one complaint about using the MHT 100 is that it produces a loud unattractive clicking sound between songs and as I pause and restart movies. It's part of a protective process for the speakers that's built in. This only takes place when I'm using a digital input. With analog, I get no clicking. I'm considering purchasing either the Oppo BDP-105 or Oppo UDP-205 and I'm wondering if this will greatly improve my home theater experience. If I were to purchase either, I could move the PS Audio DAC to my office as the Oppo has a Stereo DAC built in. The most intriguing feature of either unit is the 8 channel analog out. SInce the MHT 100 has 8 channel in, I'm hoping to utilize this feature. The MHT100 is from 2001 so my assumption is that allowing the Oppo to handle the digital processing will be an improvement over the Mac, but then again it is a Mac. I'm learning as I go here and I'd appreciate any advice.




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eli_tackla OP
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@auxinput Thank you. That is very helpful. Do you know if I can run a 4k source through the 105 to a 4k tv? Or would it be something like a down-convert into the 105 and then an upscale by the TV after?
auxinput
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The 105 will not accept a 4K source on the HDMI input and it will not play any 4K media.  Anything 4K will automatically be down-converted to 1080p.  However, it will upscale any video to the older "original" 4K x 2K format.

The 205 will both play the new "UHD" 4K format as well as accept a UHD 4K source on its HDMI input.

If you want to support anything 4K, you are better off with the 205.

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eli_tackla OP
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Perfect-thank you again
randy-11
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you can also upgrade the power supply in the 205 - see recent threads
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gdhal
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I don’t mean to be a party-pooper, or to post this ad nauseam and in other threads even though it clearly warrants it. 

Nevertheless, the question (please allow some poetic license here) remains that if the Oppo UDP-205 can’t get it right when you tell it not to alter video and simply provide native/raw format, how could anyone expect it to do anything - audio or video - right when you ask it to *process* whatever it is you play back through it?

It is my view at this time (wasn't the case before the latest firmware) that *everything audio AND video* about the Oppo UDP-250 is "unfaithful". And we know what happens in that kind of marriage.

How can the Oppo be "trusted" to faithfully, accurately and correctly reproduce our cherished music when it cannot do same for video - its primary purpose?

Yes, they are investigating. Yes, they acknowledge (verbal and in writing) the issue.

Yes, people including me make mistakes, but I don't have months of beta testers and endless QA time and dollars to check every last detail. They do, and have not. BIG LET DOWN. 

Even if they "fix" what was previously working (can not even be sure of that anymore), why should Oppo be trusted with any firmware? Regression testing is software 101. Obviously they don't do it.

Every owner of any Oppo gear should call, email, write, boy cot and basically use another product until they get *source direct* correct.

Thank you.
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