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Settings for Oppo bdp105 used with external DAC (Tambaqui)

I just bought a Tambaqui primarily for streaming and stored file playback using the USB input but thought I’d hook up the Coax digital out from the Oppo BDP105 for playing CDs. I understand that the Oppo will not output anything on the optical and spdif outs when playing SACDs (only HDMI) but I can’t seem to get any signal on the spdif when playing regular CDs. I messed with the audio settings some but haven’t found a combination that works. Any recommendations on how to make this combo work?

Thanks

delkat

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melm
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Earlier in my digital days I was sending CDs from my Oppo 105 to an LKS DAC using either spdif or optical. It seemed pretty easy so I don’t remember any particular settings. So I wonder whether the settings on your DAC are OK. In any event your set-up is not exploiting your DAC to anywhere near its full advantage.

My own next step was to rip my CDs to a small hard disk, and play using a small laptop and JRiver. JRiver recognized the Oppo with its spdif out on the network as a DLNA streaming device. IIRC it did play SACDs then as DoP files.

Next step was a real streamer and on and on.

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