Oppo BDP-105 thoughts

ZLTFUL

Don't need to sell me on the sub...already got one.
And my AVR *is* 7.2 afterall...lol

danz1906

Nice review!

dbaldus

AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

I did some extensive comparison of the USB input (from a Mac running Amarra) against the network streaming last night, and heard very little difference between the two. I did the comparison on both rigs (the Maggies and the ultra-revealing headphone setup) and the outcome was basically the same. The little bit of difference that I did hear I attribute to the processing done by Amarra, as the difference between the two inputs changed when I swapped Amarra out with JRiver. We're talking VERY subtle differences here, nothing even remotely close to jumping out at you.

I couldn't even say which I preferred, just that when I really strained I could hear some difference. I'm still sticking with the network streaming just because it's more convenient than having a computer in the room with the Oppo, but if the ergonomics work better for you I'd have no hesitation recommending the USB input.

Thanks for a great review and all of this info. I have a few questions on your experience with the network streaming:

1) Do you know if you're able to stream Hi-Rez files over the network without any downsampling? For example, 24/96 or 24/192 FLAC files?

2) Have you had any buffering issues while streaming over WiFi?

3) How does the JRiver iPad app compare to the Squeezebox apps (e.g., iPeng, the official Logitech one, etc.) for navigating your music library?

The ability to stream Hi-Rez without downsampling would be a major selling point for me since my Squeezebox Duet downsamples everything over 24/48.

Thanks!

AsSiMiLaTeD

It streams hi-rez in native resolution, no downsampling unless you have JRiver doing that. I've found that streaming of RBCD is fine over WiFi, but hi-rez can sometimes require buffering over WiFi. I also stream DSD, and ethernet is definitely needed for that so I just use a wired connection.

iPeng is a good interface, but I prefer JRemote a little. Honestly, they're both so good that I could live with either, though I can't compare them side by side at the moment.

dbaldus

Wow, I continue to be impressed the more I find out about this unit. Guess I'll add it to my short list...

Thanks again for the info!

sk88

I am a JRiver user. In order to stream hi-rez from JRiver "bit-perfect" to Oppo in this case, you'll need to configure it to "Never Convert" and "Uncompressed Stream".

Depends on which JRiver version you are using, you may find it a little different but try the following:
Under ‘audio,’ set the ‘Conversion’ (it’s a drop-down menu) to “Never Convert”.
Under that, set the ‘encoder’ to “Uncompressed Stream” ".