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| Oppo 205 and external DAC? With my Ric Schultz modified 203, I inserted the iFi spdif Purifier, basically a reclocker and galvanic isolator into the end of the run to a DirectStream dac. I've found it to offer substantial improvement over using a Snake River Boomslang spdif... | |
| DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 in a 2.2 system Thanks. I hadn't considered that the AM's dac takes over, rather than just doing some sort of separate processing. So was that your experience too, i.e., some degree of sound degradation? | |
| Warm HDMI cable? geoffkait, Yes, but Cool - Neutral - Warm? This is to be used for audio only. | |
| Warm HDMI cable? Best what? My question is about identifying good audio quality tonally warm HDMI cables, if there are | |
| Looking for a digital cable 75 ohm For a few years, I've been using a Snake River Boomslang coax cable from Oppo 203 to DirectStream dac, although it looks like I'll be switching over to using HDMI/I2S with the Oppomod card primarily. I haven’t read through all the responses, but a... | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic ozzy, where'd you pick up XLR Y adapters? | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic Thanks for the clarification. I don't see any XLR splitters, only bare connectors, on the Audioquest website. And as far as I can tell, they don't sell directly, only through dealers, at least in the U.S. | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic What XLR splitters are being used? I have three possibilities, and I’m not sure any of them qualify for even testing:- Oppo 205 with a balanced output (mod) to a Directstream dac- DS dac to ATC active speakers (SCM19A)- alternatively, DS dac RCA o... | |
| Oppo 205 modification I didn’t describe my full system because it doesn’t seem immediately relevant to my questions. But to give a more complete picture, there’s a PS Audio power base and P15 regenerator, their AC-12 power cords and I2S-12 HDMI cables, and MG Audio Des... | |
| Oppo 205 modification Thank you for this thread. It’s timely for me, as I came across a barely used 205 for a very good price this past week (my gosh, is the 203/5 market inflated!). I’ve been using a 203 modified by Stereo Dave’s, which has a nice warm, liquid sound, ... | |
| Musings on Switching Power Supplies (LPS for Oppo / DirecTV/ Radiance) Thanks for the thread. I’ve been using a 203 modified by Stereo Dave’s and very happy with the sound quality, feeding a PS Audio Directstream dac and ATC active speakers. The 200 series is still not described on their site, but the methodology is ... | |
| Aftermarket Fuses It’d be nice if there were a simple, efficient, low cost way to compare burned in fuses, especially given the cost differentials. | |
| One of the best HDMI cable? Awhile back, I mentioned the Jensen CATV filter. I had a pair of Mapleshade Vivilink 2+ at the time and initially had problems using them with the Oppo 203. At the time, I and those on the Oppo owners forum thought it a 1.4 vs. 2.0 problem. I don’... | |
| Aftermarket Fuses I was thinking of the $400 Brimar black fuse, which is special order and not listed on its website. At least in Hong Kong, the black is considered the top level audiophile fuse, better than the SR Blue (which I found bettered by the beeswax Ultima... | |
| Aftermarket Fuses The Brimar’s are out of my price bracket, but in the two locations I’ve tried both the SR Blue and the Audio Magic Ultimate Beeswax, a DirectStream dac and P10 regenerator, I’ve liked the latter far more. In fact, I found, and still find, the Ulti... |