Candy store for OPPO owners?

honestaquarian

The original power cord next to the one from the Upgrade company.

ptrooper

The site informs you of what they do and even says it will refund you if your not happy!
I'd really like to put my ears on one .

honestaquarian

honestaquarian

Updates to the Oppo
I’m using the USB DAC input on the back now. I ran a long USB-A to USB-B cable from my computer in the bedroom to the Oppo in the living room. I have the Windows Tidal app on my computer and since the Capital Audio fest (which was sponsored by and infested with) Qobuz. I’ve been doing a trial membership with them again Windows desktop app. I discovered an app called Audirvāna that allows you to put all of that together and control it from your phone remotely with great success! Now my Oppo is decoding MQA coming from the computer (it only seems to work using Audirvāna. It doesn’t work when I use the Tidal app directly) and I can also send DSD to the Oppo using Audirvāna. I still have the capability of streaming DSD via the SMB. Supposedly only via the USB DAC input can the Oppo play back DSD 512. I haven’t been able to figure out how to find the limited titles in that resolution and send it. This is a work in progress, but so far I am very happy with the results!

honestaquarian

There is definitely a difference in sound quality between Tidal and Qobuz. Which one sounds better depends largely on what you are listening to and what your tastes are. On some material Qobuz sounds better and on some Tidal sounds better.
I equate the difference to listening to Tubes (Qobuz) versus good Class D (Tidal) on some material. On other things it might be more comparable to Class A versus class AB. I’m being vague on purpose because again it depends on what you are streaming. On some things the difference isn’t there

honestaquarian

It’s mostly on the Qobuz HiRez versus Tidal MQA that I can hear a difference. The midrange on the Qobuz sounds sweeter and a bit more forward sometimes. The bass the fuller, more pronounced and rounder. Overall a lovely sound and taken alone I can see why some audiophiles says it sounds better.

Howevah

When I listen to the same tracks via Tidal MQA I realize that the midrange is a bit more threadbare and the bass not as pronounced. Then the detail comes blowing through from top to bottom that I wasn’t hearing on Qobuz. Lots more detail. You turn the volume up a couple of DB on the Tidal and not as much of a difference.
Qobuz overall sounds a little louder because of what I mentioned above.The highs on Qobuz sound a tad rolled off compared to Tidal. When you listen to the same songs on both in standard CD resolution then all of the difference’s mentioned above evaporate.

honestaquarian

honestaquarian

honestaquarian

One of the complaints that I have heard about Tidal versus Qobuz is that other than if it’s CD resolution or MQA Tidal doesn’t tell you what format is playing versus Qobuz which gives you the actual resolution playing and what type of file it is (FLAC for example) With Audirvāna all of that is on display. You can see in the pics above which one is playing (Qobuz or Tidal) by looking to the right of the song and album title and you can see either the Tidal or Qobuz symbol. Also at the bottom of the pic you can see all of the resolution information. Qobuz doesn’t do MQA right now.

honestaquarian

This is all via an Oppo Digital UDP-205 4K Blu-ray player that I upgraded and blogged about here in this thread a couple of years ago.