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| Using Oppo 105 for Audio from Cable Box? Jfz, the Cary 11a for all its bugs has a reputation for fine audio quality, a reputation deserved in my experience. Thus, although I don't use it, I'm confident HDMI-2 taken to the Cary would produce excellent audio. Analog from the 105 to Cary in... | |
| Using Oppo 105 for Audio from Cable Box? I take HDMI from a DirecTV HD-DVR to the HDMI port of the Oppo 105, HDMI-1 out of the 105 directly to the projector and HDMI-2 to a monitor for video, analog XLR stereo and RCA 7.1 to a Cary 11a processor for audio. The result is excellent audio a... | |
| Which would be a better surround processor. "I found the analogue far better in my Emotiva UMC-200 than the Oppo 105. Increased dynamics, more neutral highs, and a layed back sound - meaning not forward sounding." Bacardi sure is pushing this hard. I must have read this on a half dozen post... | |
| Has anyone bought the OPPO 105 and has an opinion I have both an Oppo BDP-105 and Sony XA5400ES in my setup, both with analog out to a Cary 11a processor set to bypass. I got flamed for saying this in a AVS thread, but I prefer the sound of the Oppo 105. High-quality (200 gram) vinyl sounds remar... | |
| Good Processor I assume all the room correction technologies require a digital signal, whether presented to the processor as digital or digitized by the processor. Is that correct? It causes me wonder if the Velodyne SMS-1 digitizes the signal from the sub outpu... | |
| Which USB Cable do you like using I'm considering cables to connect a Mac Mini to the USB port of an Oppo 105 that outputs balanced stereo. I'm surprised no one mentioned the AQ Diamond. Is it out of favor?db | |
| Good Processor Kr4,I use analog from an Oppo 105 and Sony 5400ES to a Cary 11a. The inputs of the 11a are set to bypass. A DirecTV HD-DVR uses the HDMI port of the Oppo, a Mac Mini the asynchronous USB port. Video from the Oppo goes directly to a projector.I've ... | |
| Good Processor Kr4, I agree. I get the impression both Bol1972 and Bacardi are promoting, both a bit over the top in their praise for the products they espouse.db | |
| Good Processor David,I have 93, 95, and 105 Oppos -- I plan to give the 93 to my mother. If you want to use analog from the Oppo, then the 95 or 105 are superior to the 93 and 103, and the improvement is noticeable. It seems to me that the 105 is the best soundi... | |
| Good Processor David,A better comparison would have been analog output from the Oppo to the Marantz as well as the Lexicon. It may have been the analog processing of the Oppo that you preferred to that of the Marantz.The comments at AVS re the Cary 11a had to do... | |
| Best AV processors for under $10K Jdub39 wrote, "For the stereo version on an given sacd I prefer pure DSD but if that same disc has a 5.1 mix I prefer to covert it to PCM with Audyssey"Doesn't that require changing the Oppo menu each time you switch between stereo and 5.1, or can... | |
| Best AV processors for under $10K Dtc,Your explanation comports exactly with my understanding, with the one caveat that the essence of DSD, Direct Streamed Digital, is purist, so the digital signal is unlikely to be manipulated.Kr4 (Kal),I don't understand your first paragraph; yo... | |
| Best AV processors for under $10K Kal, what is bass management? Are you saying the sub is only activated by LFE? What's the role of crossover? I thought when you set a crossover frequency in the Oppo menu, frequencies below the crossover would be sent to the SW output with LPCM co... | |
| Best AV processors for under $10K As I understand it, DSD does not convey information for bass management; you need to convert to LPCM if you want bass management. The Oppo 105 can use either mode to achieve analog output. I use LPCM so the analog output from the 105 has bass mana... | |
| Best AV processors for under $10K jdub39,A bug in the Cary 11a causes it to not distinguish between LPCM and DSD via HDMI, so it provides no bass management with digital input. I presume the 8801 distinguishes the two and does provide bass management with LPCM. Is that correct? Ca... |