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In Reply to: RE: Oh, no, I bought an Oppo BDP-105D... posted by John Elison on March 11, 2014 at 15:29:53
I preferred Marantz 7007 to 105, also a Uni Player, no DSD Files, tho.
Sony 5400 is still available, but cd playback is lacking, SACD great IMO.
Way better than Oppo or Marantz, but they are DVD Players with added capability.
Marantz plays all PCM File Formats with USB Stick, but no match for Sony.
Or, splurge a little and get Z1!
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Yeah, I guess I screwed up. I should have researched this a lot more. Furthermore, I didn't realize just how good my system is because I haven't really heard any significant difference between any of my DACs in the past 20-years. Even the DAC in my old Alesis Masterlink sounds just fine to me. The Oppo, on the other hand, sounds soft and somewhat blurry. It seems to blend everything together rather than separating individual instruments. The bass is soft and somewhat loose. It certainly doesn't have any digital stridency or harshness and almost sounds like a tube component instead of solid state. Unfortunately, I miss the detail, delineation and tight, deep bass of my Eximus DAC. I'm just glad I have an external DAC because the Oppo sounds very good when connected to my April Music Eximus DP1 . That is one fine sounding DAC, IMO.
Oh, well. Such is life!
Best regards,
John Elison
Hi John,I found there was quite a few menu adjustments to optimize 2 CH playback. Just curious, if you made any beforehand? Otherwise, stuff like this is always a crapshoot, you never know about synergy untill you get them home and plugged in. In any event, you still have the 30 day return policy or if not, they tend to sell quickly on Agon. Sorry to hear of your disappointment.
All the best,
Bill
Edits: 03/11/14
Hi Bill,
I went through all the setup menus very thoroughly a few different times. I'm pretty sure its optimized for two-channel stereo. Furthermore, I don't think synergy is the problem. I connected it to a balanced input on my Pass Labs X1 control preamplifier in place of my Eximus DP1 DAC. My guess is that it just doesn't have a very good analog output stage. It's a shame they didn't bring the balanced output stage up to high-end quality.
Best regards,
John Elison
Have you tried the RCA output?
My stock Sony 5400 has the same voltage on both, and Balanced sound weak and thin compared to RCA, even with Volume Control turned up on Bal compared to RCA.
Give it a try.
The Oppo 105 is MUCH louder through the balanced outputs than through the RCAs.
Bal is 4.2 Vrms vs 2.1 Vrms for RCA
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