Official OPPO BDP-105 Owner's Thread - Page 24

You should be able to run that test with your Zektor switch. Hook the front L/R outputs up to one input on the Zektor and the dedicated stereo outputs up to another input on the Zektor. If you set the dedicated outputs to be used as front L/R, both outputs will still be active, so you should be able to switch back and forth just like you did with the 95 and 105. Just make sure the rest of the multichannel outputs aren't hooked up to the Zektor while you run this test (either hook them directly to your amps so they're used both ways or leave them completely disconnected and setup the 105 for a 2.0 downmix).

True indeed...I just had a "moment" there I think, and didn't think that one through. I was thinking I needed to leave all 5.1 connections AND add the stereo pair too which of course I don't.

I am not sure anyone clarified previously, whether on the 105, there are op-amps, capacitors or any other "known" factors that could differentiate Front L/R and stereo outputs? I thought I read somewhere that the op-amps on the 95 were different between the stereo and mutli-channel outputs, but I can't find that reference now.

If you are a guy like me who is planning to hook up a blu-ray player to a soon to be Denon 4520 AVR via HDMI and basically that will satisfy my HT requirements is there any known reason for me to consider this over the 103 model?

No, not If you don't need the extra digital inputs or headphone amp.

-Bill

Probably not. This model is really for people who want to hook up directly to amps or headphones and are looking for state of the art analog outputs derived from a variety of digital sources.

I received my 105 about a week ago. I will post a review later, but what is a big surprise is that you can use Kinsky (a Linn Ipad controler) also for the BDP-105!!

Just install Kinsky from apple store, have a NAS with media programms for audio and video, and your ipad finds your Oppo as well as your NAS.

It turns out that Kinsky can find and play all of my video (mkv files), 5.1 channel wav's and all 2ch wav's. They all play excellent.

There are a few bugs however. You have to stop a song or video with your remote before you can choose another one. Sometimes the Oppo freezes. But, the big bonus is that you can play around with your ipad and use all your network content you have.

Happy Listening,
Berlin.

That is quite interesting. What NAS and NAS software are you using?

OK thanks guys.....I ordered the 103.

I asked this in the OPPO 1-3 thread, but there seems to be more discussion of it in this thread. Opinions on using an OPPO 103/105 as a pre/pro?? I have an emotiva 5 channel amp and currently have a PS3 feeding a Pioneer 1018. Looking to make some changes. I only additonally use an Xbox and directv box so if I can get great sound using the OPPO connected directly to the amp I am looking for downsides?? I do understand there is an issue with volume when you first set up that you need to be careful of. But other than that has the experiment been a good one?

I have a synology DS411j

berlin

You can probably find several people on this thread interested in a used MP-1...

Hell ya! I've tried the Conrad Johnson MET1 and the McIntosh C45. I'd love to get my hands on a MP-1 to try out as well. I'm keeping my eye open on Audiogon, but these pre-amps with multi-channel inputs don't come around that often.

I would guess that the sound quality would be good. No-one has addressed the problem of no audio sync delay on the analog outputs for video sources. How is the OPPO 105 going to know the video processing delay on my Pioneer Kuro plasma? Does it even set any audio delay by default on the analog outs? There are no settings for this. Without it, I would be rolling the dice to buy one as a pre/pro. Considering that this is the obvious use-case for this player, I can't believe that OPPO hasn't figured out a way to allow a user-set audio delay on the analog outputs (better yet -- make it selectable by input).

Have you tried a Martin Logan Stage or Theater-i?

I noticed that too!

 

And this has been proven by the latest objective measurements (by Secrets of Home theatre magazine) of the USB Dac posted over the weekend on Sunday. USB sources measure identical to the CD/DVD-A sources.

 

"So, we finally have a signal being played through a USB port that is as good as playing it on a CD or DVD-A. This means you can store all your music, including high sampling rate (up to 24/192) on a hard drive, and connect it to one of the BDP-105's USB ports, and play it with the same quality as if you were using a disc. The end-of-days for putting CDs and DVD-As into the player is closer than we imagined."

Edited by dmusoke - 12/4/12 at 1:55pm

Stage rules! ....sounds superb with my Spires!

 Your Kuro setup needs video delays?  Why on earth are you using such a fine display for video processing? I have no video processing on mine(PRO-151FD,60"). I set to dot-to-dot mode and have have it already calibrated by an ISF professional. All the delays in my system are set to zero(granted i have an Oppo 95 which feeds into my anthem d2v pre-pro) which feeds into my Kuro. No delay settings needed whatsover... Something else is going on, probably the A/V sync problems exhibited in the current Oppo 105 firmware.

 

Cool ... thx for the update. Have you noticed Secrets measured a THD+N spec for the headphone output as 0.009% yet Oppo lists it as < 0.001%? Do you know why it measures 9X worse than Oppo's spec?

 

Thanks,

David

 

PS

I'm obviuosly not clued in here at all but what is meaning of your headline... The Perils of Pauline's Blu-ray Player???

It helps to be as old as Bob: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perils_of_Pauline_%281914_serial%29

-Bill

 

Thanks Bill ...still don't get it. Oh well!

Hi, I have received my BDP-105EU with the multi-zone DVD and multi-region BD mod from Audiocom about a week ago, but I have had just about two days for some testing. Unfortunately I have no disks from other zones or regions at the moment, so that I cannot test this functionality. But there was some leaflet saying that the modified firmware is directed to some specific IP address for future updates, so I suppose it will require future firmware updates to actually be always modified and released by Audiocom first, in order to preserve this functionality...?

The device works really nicely as an DMR, except that many DMCs (controllers) only can detect it while changing the device's name. I guess that is rather a problem of the controllers...? E.g. the Android UPnPlay app seems to work very well, unlike the others I have tried.

I can also confirm that the USB DAC works well with an up-to-date Linux kernel - without the need for any special drivers or changes. It is just "plug&play".

I am a bit disappointed by the fact that the player will not play my old OGG files (most of my collection, actually) - neither as DMP nor as DMR. I guess this feature would be quite easy to support for Oppo.

I haven't tried if we can get any closer to the gapless playback in the DMR mode, yet. But I suppose this won't be any perfect solution either, since the UPnPlay app has itself a configuration option to enforce "nearly gapless" playback...

I also did not find any way how to add SRT subtitles to videos - neither through DMP nor DMR mode. How can you do that? Anyway, someone mentioned here that custom encoding for the SRT files cannot be chosen, which is quite a fatal drawback for quite many people, I suppose :-(

DMP and DMR are still just DLNA, which doesn't support external subtitles, as far as I know.

You can embed the subtitles, which will also take care of the character encoding (at least in MKV).

-Bill

Question regarding using a USB hard drive with Oppo-105:

Is it possible to connect a USB storage (music files only) to Oppo-105 and queue a series of music files to play?

Or do I need to wait for a music file to finish playing and then choose another file to play?

You can define playlists but they are not persistent when the player is powered off.

I believe the process is described in the online manual.

-Bill

Hello All,
Two quick questions:

When using a DVD Audio disc using XLR outputs, I want to listen in two channel. Do I need to use the menu to select two channel? It seems the two channel track comes automatically through the stereo outputs..I am just wondering if I need to select through the menu to get the dedicated stereo tracks.. I seem to remember something about the stereo outs are always the stereo track in full range. Am I right?

Second, On my SACD Goodbye Yellow Brick Road I cannot access the hi rez tracks. The Oppo only shows CD, not SACD. I tried all other SACDs I own and this is the only one that won't find the SACD tracks...what can I do? Thanks

While you will take advantage of the Sabre DAC's with any input, the asynchrous input will give the best sound quality. The reason is that the digit timing clock will be reclocked by the asynchrous input in the Oppo and will not be reclocked with any other input. Computers do not have good internal clocks. Below is a link to a website which better defines the asynchrous inputs.
http://www.hifi-advice.com/USB-synchronous-asynchronous-info.html

 

1.  All of Oppo'sanalog and digital outputs are active at the same time. No need to activate/de-activate anything from the menu.

 

2.  Really strange but i'll let others more experience than i can answer this question.

Sure it matters. It must not drop packets. Otherwise you are good to go. Monoprice has Cat 5e cables starting at 55 cents depending on your required length that should comfortably fit this requirement. If you need something more than 100 meters then you might need something fancier.

Or you could go with one of the Denon AKDL1 cables. I strongly recommend reading the reviews of this cable on Amazon. The properties it possesses are truly mind boggling.
Edited by ehlarson - 12/4/12 at 7:03pm

The stereo outputs are downmixed with the LFE channel deleted. Best to use the stereo tracks by selecting from the disc menu, which was specifically mixed for that purpose.

They may be an occasional issue with a specific hybrid SACD not being recognized as such. Try re-loading the disc a few times after powering off the player, if it doesn't resolve then send Oppo specifics on the disc, including UPC code. And of course be sure the disc actually has the SACD logo.