Have nice DAC. If use Oppo 95 vs Teac 9030 (cheap) purely as CD transport to my DAC, any significant advantage to Oppo which cost 5 times more? Thanks
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I don't know how good your DAC is, but if your going to use it as a transport there may not be that much difference between the two. The 95 is great if you use the internal DACS/ analog out, otherwise save your $.
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Model 95 replaced by BDP 105 $1200. Gives you more digital options. 95 allows streaming Netflix, other internet stuff. My only complaint is Oppo is a bit bass shy compared to my Denon.
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Why not come out of the pc with the dac? Sounds like you're still using the pc dac to convert the signal. Garbage in, garbage out.
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No you can use headphones through the built in headphone amplifier. Most Cd players don't have this feature but the Onkyo 7030 at $179 has it as well as this Teac and the better Tascam Pro Teac vers. The Yamaha unit at $300 has a USB port but you lose the headphone amp in that unit. The Onyko is a great player and bests this Teac with it's Plus or Minus 2 D.B. 20-20. That's a horrible spec for a CD player and would be heard if you listened carefully to your music. NAD, Onkyo, and Yamaha players all have a rating of Plus or Minus .5 DB. 20-20 which is considered about as good as you can get and un audible to anyone. Steve No you can use headphones through the built in headphone amplifier. Most Cd players don't have this feature but the Onkyo 7030 at $179 has it as well as this Teac and the better Tascam Pro Teac vers. The Yamaha unit at $300 has a USB port but you lose the headphone amp in that unit. The Onyko is a great player and bests this Teac with it's Plus or Minus 2 D.B. 20-20. That's a horrible spec for a CD player and would be heard if you listened carefully to your music. NAD, Onkyo, and Yamaha players all have a rating of Plus or Minus .5 DB. 20-20 which is considered about as good as you can get... » Read More No you can use headphones through the built in headphone amplifier. Most Cd players don't have this feature but the Onkyo 7030 at $179 has it as well as this Teac and the better Tascam Pro Teac vers. The Yamaha unit at $300 has a USB port but you lose the headphone amp in that unit. The Onyko is a great player and bests this Teac with it's Plus or Minus 2 D.B. 20-20. That's a horrible spec for a CD player and would be heard if you listened carefully to your music. NAD, Onkyo, and Yamaha players all have a rating of Plus or Minus .5 DB. 20-20 which is considered about as good as you can get and un audible to anyone. Steve « Show Less
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It may be better to connect devices straight to the tv, but I have an elite 101-fd, so it doesn't even have audio out. So I'd have to use my oppo player's 2 hdmi IN and use optical and then have ne device with no sound.
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The answer depends on your cd player and current dac that you are using. This unit provides a very high level of processing of lower resolution files and really does a good job in squeezing a bit extra out of them. If this is an upgrade for you depends on your existing equipment.
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The built-in DAC of the Sonos is, IMHO, lousy. Any outboard DAC will sound much better. The Dragonfly has had some amazing reviews. Big bucks are not required.
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Here is the comparison page from Oppo's website: http://www.oppodigital.com/dv981hd/dv981hd_comp.html The main advantage of the 981 is the Faroudja chip, which delivers better-quality upscaling on non-DLP displays. The 981 also offers better-quality PAL-&gt;NTSC conversion than Oppo's other two models. Otherwise, as you pointed out, the other two models offer a lot of additional features (I wish my 981 had a memory-stick or USB input!). However, since you have a DLP, you probably want to get the 980 anyway (as the chart indicates). The Faroudja has a notorious "macroblocking" problem when used in conjunction with a lot of DLP displays.
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Well it depends on how much you value picture/sound quality and speed. This elite player features a Qdeo video processor from Marvell which is similar to an Oppo. the ability to play FLAC files as well as uncompressed audio was important to my setup. I chose the Pioneer Elite player over the Oppo do to the fact my receiver is an Elite model as well, here is a more in depth review that may help you out: http://www.andrew-robinson-online.com/review-pioneer-elite-bdp-62fd-universal-blu-ray-player/. If you want your components to match or mount on a rack you are going to have to step up to premium components.
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I went thru the owners cd rom and it doesn't say any thing about DAC. I connect to an onkyo receiver thru the cd-in rca jacks, so the receiver probably does the conversion. I love it, it's still going strong, but for some reason philips discontinued it.
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You don't really ever "need" an amp/DAC combo. The problem is that the DAC that is used in the iPhone is okay, but not really the best available, largely to keep the cost of the iPad and iPhone competitive. A really good DAC will have better harmonic distortion, linearity and noise characteristics than what Apple puts into the iPhone or iPad.
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I often use a DAC and headphone amp for lossless and lossy files. The One has as good a DAC, at least for recording, way better than a lot of "portable" DACs out there. For critical listening, depending on your tastes and budget, you may still prefer an audiophile grade DAC.
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I know this review is from 2013, but I want to say I am using the same pair of headphones with the JDS Labs O2 Headphone amp and standalone ODAC and it has made a major increase in listening quality for them. The Amp alone at least doubles the quality, whereas the DAC will clean it up for you.
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I bought the version with 7 ports and I am using it with Schiit Loki, it works perfect, no more hip sounds when I start a song or change tracks, plus the bass sounds better, I believe it's because it's sending more reliable power to the DAC than what the computer can send.
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the bitstreaming through optical on the a30 and the a35 should be the same. you SHOULD get better sound with the analog outs than with the optical with the discs that have truehd, since you cannot get truehd through optical. i'm about to upgrade from an a3 to an a35 because of the analog outs. i plan on getting a new receiver someday but am not sure when that will be and i want my truehd sound NOW. :-)
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The TEAC gf350 worked well for me; however I did sometimes use an LP to CD adapter (LP output into it, the adapter out put into the TEAC. ) I don't have source for the adapter any longer. Sorry. You can also use and CD player input into the TEAC which worked for me.
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Overall, the sonic and tonal quality is similar, but there are going to be subtle differences between the RX-A830 and RX-A1030 depending on the speakers and source connection. The RX-A1030 (and up) use different Digital to Analog Converters (DACs) than the RX-A830, and can offer a bit more clarity and detail in some situations (with digital inputs as opposed to Analog). Much depends on the capabilities and requirements of the speakers - Since the amplifier power output of these two receivers is fairly similar, there will not be a dramatic sonic difference with typical "mainstream" speakers that are reasonably easy to drive, particularly from analog sources. But, the ESS DACs in the RX-A1030 can offer that slight improvement, and for some it's enough improvement to pay the difference.
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"Why not run component from your bluray to your receiver that way you will get excellent video and good sound. Using coaxial for sound is the worst choice. If you want to use HDMI to the TV then use optical for your sound." Digital coax is equal to optical for digital audio signal transfer. I think you are confusing with coax vs. component for video transmission. As far Plissken's question goes, The Oppo's 7.1 outputs connected to your receivers 5.1 inputs (assuming you have them which you should) and your receiver being set to "direct analog" mode will give superior sound to your current setup as the Oppo's superior DACs will be doing all of the processing. HDMI is still way to go for video connection.