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Oppo UDP - 205

http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-udp-205/
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gdhal
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@dlcockrum 

Thanks for that recommendation. Upon a cursory review of http://www.exogal.com/index.php/products I note clicking the comet plus dac image produces a page not found error. http://www.exogal.com/index.php/products/comet-plus-dac Granted that could be and likely is temporary. Also there are reviews and other data on different sites. On such site https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2015/12/06/review-exogal-comet-dac/ would have me believe the MSRP is $2995 and that is without the upgraded power supply. So, if you bought new you likely have a great deal and if used with the $500 extra power supply again you may have bought into a great deal.

They only have three US dealers, none of which are local to me.

I note the rear of the unit does have a USB A input. Can you confirm/deny whether or not it can "plug and play" if a flash memory stick with music files is inserted.  

Again, thank you Dave.
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dlcockrum
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Hi gdhal,

Try http://www.exogal.com/index.php/products/comet-dac

You have the list price right at $3500. I actually bought mine used for less than $1500 with Wywires umbilical upgrade and full warranty. I saw new ones selling for under $2k recently, but apparently they sold over the past few days.

Have not personally tried a memory stick yet, but Exogal CEO Jeff Haagenstad responds to emails in a few hours or less and I have found him to be pleasant, honest and extremely helpful thus far. He has offered Audiogon members a special price recently on another thread here.

Update: The USB A connection on the rear of the Comet is for charging devices like your iPad or phone, not for memory stick input. My Aurender has the memory stick input feature so I never paid much attention to it before. 
 
Dave
dragon_vibe
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The Same can be said no need to buy a BMW or a Mercedes. Their are plenty of nice cheaper cars to buy which can get you from A to B? 
 
randy-11
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yes, a used Porsche 911


the real question here is what DAC will sound better than an Oppo 205 for the lowest price?

2 lists - one for Redbook, and one for DSD etc.

w/o listening, I'd expect that a $9k Ayre unit would win

but what about a Yggy?
buckhorn_cortez
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DACs aside, for those considering buying the OPPO 205, there is something you need to know if you plan on using it for a home theater system as well as listening to audio CD's.

The OPPO 205  may have an HDCP conflict with other digital equipment when the OPPO becomes aware of another piece of equipment connected digitally through HDMI.

If there is an equipment conflict, the audio from the OPPO 205 will drop out for 2-3 seconds at random intervals.

The HDMI connection with the OPPO causes it to make HDCP calls to some brands of video display equipment when both are connected via HDMI in the HT system.

I've chased this problem for nearly a month.  At first, I thought it was a Sony Bravia making HDMI CEC handshake calls because you cannot turn the CEC feature "OFF" on the Sony - and the Sony is never really powered "OFF," it is always in a standby mode unless unplugged from AC power.

However, through a number (over 10) of email exchanges with OPPO technical people on the dropout problem, I finally got an email reply from OPPO admitting they're aware of the dropout problem and "hope" to fix it with a firmware upgrade at some undetermined, later date.

Apparently, the OPPO 205 is sending out HDCP queries and when the Sony does not answer, the player momentarily times out.

This only happens when playing audio CD's.  In my system, the OPPO is used with the OPPO 205 analog outputs, and is also connected to my HT processor through HDMI for use with DVD / BluRay playback.

Dropouts will also happen if the OPPO is connected directly to a video display using HDMI.

My "fix" for the problem is to use an Atlona ETUDE EDID emulator between my home theater center (McIntosh MX122) and the Sony Bravia.  The ETUDE acts as a buffer between the equipment. 

At this point I have not tested whether the ETUDE is stripping the HDCP request out of the data connection between the equipment, or whether, because the ETUDE is always "ON," it answers the OPPO 205 HDCP call with the EDID information from the Sony.

Either way - no more dropouts with the ETUDE between the OPPO and the Sony.

 






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