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is oppo only bluray w/ hdmi in, stereo analog out?

Hello,

From what research I've done it looks like only the oppo 105 has hdmi in and and stereo / 5.1 analog out (I only need analog stereo out)? Here is my wish list:

- hdmi in for lame comcast cable box for video out and analog stereo out processing (2 hdmi in would be nice)
- hdmi out to my flatscreen
- stereo analog out to go to my stereo analog preamp
- amazon streaming built in
- high quality video and audio processing

Is my only choice an oppo 105 for $1200 plus add on hardware to get the amazon streaming to work?

From what I've read, the BD-E6500 Samsung Blu-ray player's hdmi ins are only pass throughs, doesn't have analog out and is buggy.

Seems like there should be more choices out there. I guess a compromise would be going with an oppo 103, but that does not have hdmi in and not as good as analog out processing as the 105 (I understand the 105 stereo out will be very hard to beat).

TIA
sbrownnw
bushikai
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Hello,

I am planning to use a Oppo 103 as a cd transport. Any thoughts?

Thank You.
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bacardi
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I have a 103 at present for HDMI video only with audio from a Lexicon MC-1 through its expansion port bypassing all processing for 2-channel and it eats the 103. The 103 is just ok for spinning discs. I used a CEC TL51XR belt drive cd for music listening and that was about 60% better than the 103. Greater 3d depth of soundstage, instruments were better placed and isolated. More space between instruments, vocals, singers. You could buy used for price of 103. Most important is power supply(seperate if possible), dac chip, and quality volume control. Synergy with everything else in system.....in the end if your looking for a transport - stay away from the Oppo's. Cheers!!!!!
waterzlife
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BUT i heard the stereo out is a) through its own dac which probably is not as good as yours nor voiced to your liking ....and b) the signal going to the 2ch rca outputs or xlr are dumbed down .... and NOT anywhere near hi-rez PCM found in the blu-ray discs' Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio.

I heard some people use an audio de-embedder to get the hi-rez 2-ch PCM to their dac. Know anything about that??
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bacardi
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I've heard of it too but I haven't experienced one. The thing with the 105 is its Saber 9018 processing chip sounds so extended with so much resolution the midrange and bass sounds thin. The 103 is similar but uses the Cirris logic chip. I just use it for HDMI to big screen.

My thoughts are if room is setup well, first reflection points are set, speakers are setup correctly from each wall. Speakers are truly phase coherent - You shouldn't need room calibration at all. Just takes time to align everything. Processing in a separate dac will always be better quality hands down. And a separate power supply takes things to a greater level.
ptss
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Bacardi, what do you mean by a separate power supply?
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