In Reply to: Oppo 105D Review Kal is right posted by TGT on July 7, 2014 at 13:45:45:
When I used analog from my Oppo 105 and Sony XA5400ES through Cary Cinema 11a inputs set to bypass, I agreed with Kal. Now that both go through a Parasound JC-2, I think I prefer the Sony. The JC-2 seems to have lifted a veil from the sound of the Sony, so it presents a well defined soundstage with nicely balanced sound. The Oppo does sound a bit brighter. To be fair, the Oppo is burdened by speaker management duties, so it cannot play DSD whereas the Sony can. This week I anticipate introducing an Ayre C-5xeMP into the setup, and perhaps moving the Sony to a setup in our living room.
OTOH, the Oppo 105 does everything well.
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- RE: Oppo 105D Review Kal is right - dbphd 20:31:42 07/07/14 (6)
- Burdened by speaker management duties? - Kal Rubinson 05:19:08 07/08/14 (5)
- RE: Burdened by speaker management duties? - dbphd 12:39:39 07/08/14 (4)
- Non sequitur - Kal Rubinson 14:01:11 07/08/14 (3)
- RE: Non sequitur - dbphd 15:37:03 07/08/14 (2)
- RE: Non sequitur - dbphd 11:42:49 07/22/14 (0)
- Thanks for the clarification. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 17:33:34 07/08/14 (0)