I am curious if running your Oppo to a separate DAC resulted in significant improvement in sound compared to the onboard DAC in the Oppo. I’m in a similar situation. Thanks,
Mike
Mike
OPPO 105 as a streaming source/transport only
I believe it is better but only slightly, but as they say everything matters in the end. Enough little things add up to great sound. I was just looking for another little thing.I'm thinking I just need a much better source, like maybe a PS audio Direct Stream DAC & memory player or something on that level or higher. Just a lot of money to step up. |
I also have an Oppo 105. I stream my rips from a NAS to a very simple laptop running JRiver and then directly to my separate LKS DAC. The Oppo is not involved. For a while I used wifi between my router and the laptop. To hardwire I would have to do some drilling. So I bought a very long inexpensive cat5 cable to see how the hardwire compared. It was a subtle but clear winner. I drilled and used a much shorter cat6 and never looked back. Though easy to make a splitter I let the wifi run the Oppo and out to the LKS where the audio I get from youtube, Netflix or digitalconcerthall is not so special in the first place. Whether you would achieve the same result with your set-up is another question. But 50 feet of cheap cable can cost only about $5 delivered. Why not try it and see? @michaela No comparison between the Oppo and my separate DAC. I suspect the same for the OP and his W4S. |