Distortion using OPPO 103 w Streaming and CD's, but not with DVD playback

Ummm I say check your speakers.

phil0618

Yes- check all connections plus speakers. Your assumptions are correct,  a bad wire, connection or EMF (streaming).

Happy Listening!

1. Try rebooting the Oppo.  If that doesn’t work check the settings on the Oppo.

Thanks for the feedback, I"ll be pulling things apart to insert some new equipement and will check all the connections.

Perhaps something get messed up when I was making some previous change.

Phil

phil0618

After you sort out the Gear, double check the playback settings in the Oppo.

Sometimes, these machines will go back to a "default" setting vs. "custom"

Happy Listening!

Thanks again everyone, did more listening with a variety of CDs and am now convinced that CD's do indeed play fine and the issue is with streaming from Tidal.  I think the first CD I grabbed after finding the streaming issue  was something less than pristine and after having experienced the streaming issues I was just looking for issues.  But after further listening with different CDs I think CDs are fine.

I swapped the ethernet cable between the router and Oppo with no change.

The good news is I've got a Lumin D2 arriving mid week and assuming it works then my streaming problems are solved and I'll just put this to bed.

Will update if I find anything else, but with the arrival of the Lumin imminent and the CDs playing fine this is a back burner issue unless I experience issues with the Lumin.

Thanks,
Phil

Phil-

you mention using single ended rca’s for connections to the preamp- have you tried  going coaxial to the preamp and switching the Oppo’s settings to coaxial out? I run this approach with my 105-D and adjust the internal volume control for matching.

Hi designfx,

My 103-D only has single ended outputs so that's not an option for me.

I have played with the Oppo volume vs the preamp volume and didn't see any difference.

I also ran a speedtest on my internet connection and that seems fine.

And someone else suggested rebooting and I did unplug the unit for maybe 20 seconds and then tried again, but no change with any of these attempted fixes.

Phil

I have occasionally had problems with my 105 that went away with rebooting, but sometimes it requires a few reboots.  Seeing as how Oppo discontinued these products a few years ago, and now the problem seems confined to Tidal, it’s possible that perhaps a Tidal update is causing a a compatibility issue.  Practically speaking the Lumin is what you will want to use for streaming anyway

Hi Phil-

I was just looking at the BDP 103 manual and there should be a coaxial audio output near the toslink output. This will allow the 2 channel audio to be sent from the internal dac to your preamp. Tried to send a screenshot from the manual but this sight seems to like web links only.🤔
 

Thanks designfx, I'll check it out.

Phil

phil0618

Good to read that the CD(s) play without issue. Streaming is a whole different set of issues. Keep me posted as you figure out all facets of Playback.

Happy Listening!

Using the built-in app to stream Tidal might be causing the issue. Oppo has since gone out of business and I bet the TIDAL application programming interface (API) has changed considerably since 2017 (the date of the last firmware update).

The CD playback was acting up big time, so I think it's time to retire the unit

Sorry to hear that - it's a great player. Guess it's time to move on to streaming full time. Less moving parts to break. 😀

I hear you, but I was using the Oppo like a preamp as well to create a crude 5.1 setup and of course I've got some DVD's that I like to play occasionally.

It's always something....  :-)

@phil0618 "CD playback acting up big time..."

Try turning unit off, unplugging from wall, wait one minute. Re-plug, turn back on.

See if that takes care of problem.

I've had the 103 for about 10 years now. Best results have been to leave unit on 24/7, turn off and unplug and wait one minute every month.

Still works and sounds great. Might help you too. Hope so.

Tom