Official OPPO BDP-95 Owner's Thread - Page 105

Can the Oppo play DTS-HD in a MKV file?

No.

-Bill

Is this something that will be fixed in a firmware update?

It's possible, but if you are considering the player, decide based on what it does today, not what it might do in the future.

-Bill

I actually already own it, I'll send Oppo a email and see what they say.

I'll take a shot...the primary reason to purchase the 95 (vs. the 93) would be the analog outs (MC and 2Ch...that’s where the 95 capitalizes on the superior ESS Saber Dacs). It you intend to use the HDMI, send the 95 back and get the 93. If you use the MC outs, you now have the option to utilize the 2CH stereo outs instead of the MC L/R if you desire for ease of hook-up. Some on here with ARC and with challenging listening environments get better results using the HDMI with ARC. If that's the case with you, you may want to look at the 93. I'm not familiar with your pre/pro/receiver options...things to consider: Does it have analog bypass for both 2 Ch and MC (if not it may defeat the purpose of the ESS dac by re-digitizing signal using the pioneer DAC to process)? Does it have ARC?

As far as cables, my view (this is where you will get different opinions on here and I don't want to start that debate over)...If your system is not crazy revealing, I'd reccommend good quality RCAs from MonoPrice...sound great in my hookup and think they would in yours as well...link at top of AVS Forum.

Good classic rock hi-rez...HDTracks has some good options (Tom Petty, Wings, Steely Dan, and others...growing daily). For shinny discs that are still cheap and available: Multi-Channel: Elton John's 1st 5 on SACD are stellar; Pink Floyd DSOTM is a reference for most; Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks; Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms; Steely Dan Gaucho. For 2Ch, I like most of the Mobile Fidelity stuff...check out their site or try Music Direct (MD now owns MF).

Good luck and enjoy...great player!

In the words of Daniel von Recklinghausen, "If it measures good and sounds bad, it is bad. If it measures bad and sounds good, you've measured the wrong thing."

I am aware that this is the forum for the OPPO 95. I just wanted to share something I discovered with the knowledgeable people in this forum since it was the 95 that led me to this discovery. After listening to the pristine sound of the 95 for a month and a half, I came to the conclusion that something wasn't quite right with my speakers. I took them apart and I treated every unsodered connection with Stabilant 22a. (It's a contact enhancer.) I was so impressed with the results that I treated everything from the moving coil pins to the speaker connections and everything in between (using minute amounts).
It's very difficult to do a before and after comparison but my experience was that the overall sound improved, especially the high end. It was more open, detailed and extended! I would suggest that you do your own research. This product enhanced my sonic enjoyment almost as much as the OPPO 95.
Sandro

I'm new to the aspect of streaming content (ie. BD, SD-DVD, FLAC, mp3, WAV, etc.,...), and this has probably been posted previously. However when I stream content (BD movie for example) to the BDP-95 via-EtherNET are you able to engage on-board video-processing to it as well?

Yes, you are.
--Bob

Has anyone had issues (pops/noise) with Flac files? I have a few issues with 24/96 files and more with 24/192. My problems occur with flash drives and HDD's conected using either USB or E-Sata.
I have tried using foobar2000 and DBpoweramp (with file verification) to re-convert comercial files from HD Tracks and Linn to a lower flac compression setting. The lower compression settings help a lot. Some tracks which crashed the player now work fine. Others are "almost" perfect - 1 hiccup instead of 3-4.
The files play without error on my PC using DBpoweramp.
I have sent one sample track to Oppo for examination, but I would like to know if anyone else has similar problems.

I used Caig Deoxit, and Cardas contact cleaner for all my connections.

Never had such a problem.

I suggest you hook up HDMI, MCH & 2CH. Analogue out to your Pioneer as it has inputs for HDMI and MCH. You will have to hook up 2 CH. in a tape monitor loop.
I'm not sure if it has a true bypass though.

Cables for MCH. are what ever you want to buy.
USA Chief says mono price, I bought "Blue Jeans Cables" (link at the top). You can order them in any length you want, custom tailored, and quick delivery. Reasonable price.

Lot's of folks hear spend lot's of money on gear and cables too!
Only you can listen and judge for yourself what sounds best to you!
Good luck with your 95. Post what your findings are.
I would give the MCH & 2CH analogue a try though, I think you will be surprised.

John

I use USB for FLAC all the time and it works without issue, and sounds awesome.
Do you have the latest Firmware (0323) installed?

Try downloading some of these FREE 2L MCH & 2CH 24/192 & 24/96 FLAC recordings. Install them on your USB drive and try them.
These play without issue for me.

http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html

John

Couple of weeks ago, I bought a Fantom eSATA & USB2.0 external enclosure type hard disc to be used with my OPPO 95. I've never got to test it until now. I found out it is very, very slow. Further testing reveals that it is NOT the slow transfer rate; rather very impressive instead. Using my handheld timer I clocked about 100mbps. It is the hand shacking with the oppo 95 that is the culprit. Without knowing the technical reasons, I could simply say that they don't get along with each other. My Thermaltake BlacX (the toaster type) works very well, the response is almost instantaneous with an inserted Maxtor hdd. I need an enclosure type as well.
Are there any faster 2TB enclosure type external eSATA HDDs out there that you know of?
Please help. Thanks in advance.

I experianced exactly the same problem with one of my Seagate hard drives, this HD is 2TB, the other two which are identical except they are 1TB, these work fine. I do find my 'icybox' the fastest, this is 500 GB, they seem to be faster the less storage is available, even if only the same amount of storage. I to would like to know if there are super fast 2TB hard drives available.

Can someone more enlightened than i tell me why NuFroce has called this plot of the NXE a jitter spectrum plot as opposed to an amplitude spectrum plot? Aren't jitter graphs time versus frequency plots?

Can someone send me a link for a small inexpensive monitor like I will need for the 95 in order not to have to power up the big screen to listen to music. The 95 will come late this summer but I need 2 of these monitors now for my museum work.

Can the 95 play those special resolution ones?

You'll find portable 7-8" TVs with composite video inputs, as well as 15" monitors, any of which can be $70-100. Amazon and NewEgg have regular specials.

I recommend taking the DAC's of the 95 for a test drive (via the analog connection)! You might like them; if not. then you know why you prefer the DAC's of your receiver. Enjoy your 95.

"I have a question on hooking up my 95, it should be delivered tomorrow. I have a Pioneer Elite SC-35, I'm sure many of you have nicer/higher end equipment than this that are big into two channel stereo. I've never been a big two channel stereo guy, I'm happy with my iPod hooked up with MP3's @ 192 CBR for stereo listening. However, I want to get into high end two channel audio. The speakers I have are front l/r Definitive Technology BP 7004, Center C/L/R 2500, rear l/r BP2X. Should I use the analog outs on the BDP-95 to the back of the recevier? If so, recommendations on cables? I know good analog cables make a difference. I was just going to use the HDMI out on the 95 but after reading all this about how well the analog outs really are makes me want to hook it up the best way possible. Any recommendation on something to test the audio? DVD-A disc SACD? I listen to a lot of classic rock... "


I recently purchased a 95 and an SC-37 so here is my input. Connect the 2 channel analogue outs to your MCH input on the Pioneer.( Make sure you have the 95 software upgrade). On the 35 set the mch input to +10 for the bass. Now you you can use the 95 to make further audio settings since these only apply to mch out while you have already set the only mch input audio option on the Pioneer avr. High res stereo audio and cd is much better thru the Elite mch input than HDMI input. SACD and DVD-A 5.1 is also better on mch input but it is much closer. Match your cables to your speakers. I use my left over silver rca cables since my Paradigms are not bright. If leaning towards bright use high quality copper and of course, copper for the sub. The Dylan and Band stereo sacd's are still readily available. Check out sa-cd.net for more. If you can locate any of the classic rock dvd-a get them since all are 5.1 and sound great thru the OPPO 95.

This deal comes around every couple of months (sometimes more frequently). It is an excellent little TV at an unbelievable price but they go super fast when the deal hits (I have two of them):

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/49503

PM me if you want to know more about how to ensure that you are notified when this deal hits again.

No expert at all here dmusoke but I think their illustrating the jitter induced distortion is so low it doesnt register above the noise floor [which looks to be 140db down if you believe the graph ] . I found a pdf that mentions different ways of measuring jitter so that may clarify


http://www.tek.com/Measurement/scope...5W_16146_1.pdf

Both mags have praised the 83 and 83SE in the past. Many reviewers also own the 83SE as reference BD players. Why would you guys think they are going to knock the 95?


OTOH, I'm long past caring what either mag has to say. Most of the crap that comes out of them is ludicrous.

I developed my first issue using my 95 today. A very interesting problem. I decided to download Diana’s Krall’s “The Look of Love” FLAC album in 96 KHz/24bit format off of HDtracks website. This was not my first time using this site, as I downloaded many songs on this site. I also downloaded the free 96K/24 Ultimate tracks and had no problems playing any of these tracks on the 95.

For some reason this particular album tracks exhibits a popping sound that gets progressively worse as you play the cuts on this album. I then tried to eliminate all reasonable possibilities by first transferring the files from my PC (Which has no problem playing these tracks using the Winamp program) using a USB 2.0 connection instead of the eSATA connection, as well as using an entirely different External HD to eliminate the Drive itself as a possible issue, and all have the same results.

The only conclusion is that for some reason this FLAC album itself will not play on the 95. I remember someone else on this board experiencing some popping sounds as well when playing music files. I wanted to relay this new finding as I research this issue more deeply. Any feedback would be appreciated.

I have requested another download of these tracks from the HDTracks website. Hoping it is some sort of bad download, but why these tracks seem to play fine on my PC makes this issue very interesting.

Thanks for that quick reply. I further realized some of the HDtracks would freeze at near the end of the track. Intermittent issue. I am glad this has been identified already and they are working on it. I only seem to experience this issue on the 96K/24 bit tracks, but not on all of them.

I guess I have to change that comment, lol.