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| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Hi Steve, The Synology DS112 has 512mb, I bought the Synology DS112j which has half the memory at 256mb. Does the NAS use all of this internal memory for buffering only? I guess if the 256mb results in playback issues/gaps, I could return it to B... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Update:If anyone is still interested, I took another couple of steps on my computer audio journey on Tuesday 2/4/14:1. Ordered a Synology DS112j NAS and a Seagate Barracuda 2TB internal 3.5" hard disk drive. Best Buy had a good price of $252, but ... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Bill, I'll definitely check out Sound Liaison. I'm keeping a list of potential good sites and good recordings and SL is now on it.Thanks a lot, Bill. Tim | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Update:Discovered I actually had JRiver version 18, not v19 like I thought. Wasn't sure about any new improvements I'd benefit from on v19 but, just to be on the safe side before I start downloading hi-rez files, I decided to update to v19 anyway ... | |
| Desktop System DAC Wisnerjb, Sorry, but I just sold the Dacmagic yesterday.Thanks,Tim | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE On a related topic of data transfer speeds and using wireless vs wired Ethernet with the Oppo, I found another interesting bit of info on Blu-ray.com:"The funny thing is the Wireless N adapter on the OPPO BDP-103/105 is rated at 150Mbps which mean... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Steve/Willie,Forgot to answer your question on the 105's buffering of music data. I pulled the following info from Blu-ray.com:3. "OPPO BDP-93/95 has 2GB of built in flash memory compared to only 1GB of built in flash memory for the new OPPO BDP-1... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Pokey77,Thanks for the heads-up on the AVS forums. I've read many of the numerous posts on the 105 and find it very useful but haven't yet discovered solutions to my particular situation. In fact, this forum was a key reason I decided to buy the 1... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Willie/Steve, Thank you.Yes, I feel like I made some decent progress last week. I really wish there was a manual or tutorial on how this is all setup: laptop with JRiver v18, Oppo 105, Gateway router and NAS or external hard drives. I want to set ... | |
| Desktop System DAC Wisnerjb, I just bought an Oppo that I'm using as a DAC and no longer need my Cambridge Audio DacMagic. It's a USB type DAC that will convert up to 24 bit/192khz. Just took it out of use yesterday and would sell it for $100 if you pay USPS or UPS ... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Just wanted to give an update to all who are following this thread and are interested:I ordered an Oppo BDP-105 from Crutchfields for $1,219 with no sales tax and free shipping(Amazon and Oppo-direct had it for $1,199 but charged $27 for shipping ... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Steve,Al and Willie-Steve, Thank you all very much for your help and patience. I'm getting closer and will be ordering the Oppo and hard drive(s) later this week. I also found a local independent computer company that will help me set it all up. O... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Just talked to Nathan at Oppo cust.serv. He said the 105 is capable of doing what I want wirelessly.Here's what he told me from memory:-Plug the supplied wireless Dongle into a USB port on the back and connect to my network. The 105 will then show... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Steve, Al and Steve, Williewonka (Steve) hit my goal exactly in his last reply:"Al - I get the impression that Tim's ultimate goal is to have a seperate hard drive next to the Oppo (connected in some manner) and Tim sitting in his listening chair ... | |
| DIGITAL HIGH-RES AUDIO SYSTEM -HELP PLEASE Al,Steve and Steve, I think you're correct, I may not have a need for a NAS. I realize I have limited knowledge on setting up a computer based audio/video system and therefore may not be thinking about this in the best manner. You have all been ve... |