Agreed its not recommended to go direct to the Denafrips from OPPO. One HDMI channel can be set to digital audio onlly, no video. I will message Alvin at Denafrips again for more clarification. He has been most helpful. Better than any other company rep except maybe Birgir at Mojnir Audio. I was disappointed with my contact at P.S. Audio- not Paul. As I have stated, I am hardcore disk listener. Some of my DVD-A do sound better thru optical. And again, Optical does not pass DSD, so I need HDMI to I2s. My leftover budget is for 4 powercords, and XLR to go between them.
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I2S can work. However, every manufacturer does it differently because it isn't standardized. There are $$25K DACs out there that don't support I2S. We have a lot of fools choosing equipment by whether is has I2S or not, rather than the reissues that affect sound and performance. I think that's a pretty good example of a fool's errand. Keep reading and you'll eventually see that I don't say foolish things. Been to a lot of rodeos. Jerry |
I'm just going to repost this from a similar discussion last month, and will add my setup is still working perfectly and the I2s is very noticeably the best SACD sound for my ears: (ps, the DSD light is ON on the Pontus 2) old_ears33 posts Wow, some good info on this thread but mostly a lot of confusion and false information. For a couple of years now I've been enjoying my small collection, <12 SACDs via: a standalone headphone reference system.. OPPO 83-(with 2channel SACD layer output selected)-small HDMI breakout box ($50 E-bay Chinese order)- I2s (all HDMI cables) into a Pontus 2 DAC-balanced cables-Jot2 amp-Aria headphones. No problem, the cheap box also sends full HDMI to a small monitor to easily access the player controls via remote. I realize I'm skirting DRM but I don't record or copy anything. Most SACD I see for sale are Hybrids with that 2nd or third layer of 2 ch PCM. I think there Japanese DSD only versions, expensive. Usually the SACD layers do sound notably better than PCM or regular Red Book cd versions...not always. It does no good to remix a final PCM file to DSD, then back again for play. Of course if the OPPO gives up I do have a 105 in my AV system that is going strong but doesn't do HDCD decoding like the 83. I didn't discover this on my own here's a link to the article that got me started: |
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