mdempster

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Digital USB streamer general question - Oppo 105D
Definitely a very valid point  that I didn’t consider. I do like a lot of music that needs continuous playback especially with live concerts which has been somewhat annoying during streaming after I think about it. Although I have many of my favor... 
Digital USB streamer general question - Oppo 105D
just reviewed the specs and it is ‘spot-on’ what I need! Not sure gapless play would make big difference in my decision so not big issue for me. I use ifi power strips and purifiers and know they are pretty good and innovative company so I’m alrea... 
Digital USB streamer general question - Oppo 105D
Great - I will definitely check it out and for that price can’t really go wrong. Appreciate the guidance, thanks 
Digital USB streamer general question - Oppo 105D
Thanks I by chance am looking at a RPI from a company called Aloa with a streamer called  digione signature that also has  a linear power supply but not sure this is a well known solution. It also only has  spidif connection which may not be such ... 
Line level attenuation - active preamplifier
Bought schiit volume control and it worked out just fine for me, thanks for the suggestion a perfectly easy fix. 😀 
Advice - What turntable should I buy ???
Thanks for advice. I actually had the Pro-ject se5.1 and Music Hall MMF5.1 on my list or, a good Rega (used). Although these are not high end did anyone out there ever actually regret buying either of these units ? These look fairly decent entry l... 
Advice - What turntable should I buy ???
Thanks again for additional comments - to the question of where do I live. I live in Houston area. Anyone know of any places around Houston to demo ? A quick search reveals nothing so will likely require to check Austin or Dallas. 
Advice - What turntable should I buy ???
Many thanks to all the great responses - This definitely helps guide me towards several options that I can begin to research at my leisure. These appear to be pretty smart options and I am certainly interested in keeping the exponential decaying c... 
Trouble with audio video sync
If you have updated with latest firmware you should be able to set an audio delay on the Oppo 103 with values up to 200ms. This should hopefully help with lip sync issues. I by chance just recently asked this question of Oppo for same reason and a...