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May 19, 2013
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| My guess is that "technically" the Sabra32 will outperform the Sony DAC, as to if that translates into better sound quality, well that will be purely subjective and you have to consider the products in their entirety because the DAC is just a small part of what makes a product sound good or bad. ... more | |
May 15, 2013
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| Both the 103/105 players convert DSD to 88.2Khz/24Bit as has been the case with all of Oppos Universal players to date when sending via HDMI digitally. Technically it is capable of doing a 176.4khz conversion if it were so programmed to do so but Oppo believe an 88.2Khz conversion sounds better. ... more | |
May 10, 2013
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| Sadly I dont think there has even been one subjective test which clearly showed that the majority of listeners could even disscern the difference between CD and SACD as it stands, let alone this vastly increased level of resolution. Notice I say " majority " because I include myself in the same camp as most here in saying there is a definate ... more | |
April 23, 2013
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| Given that many audiophile brands get round the huge licencing costs of HDMI and the like by basing their universal player on an Oppo design ( taking the innards from a standard Oppo and placing into their own chassis and adding modifications of their own for example ) couldnt the same be done with a HDMI DSD standalone DAC? By that, I mean how ... more | |
April 16, 2013
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| @ OP Standalone CD players are far from obsolete and will continue to be manufactured for many more years to come, but the reduction in the amount of CD only players being built has as much to do with the fact that fewer CD drives are manufactured as people simply buying fewer of them. Most factories have turned their attention to DVD and perhaps ... more | |