Look at a Magna Mano Ultra MK3. I have one (using Volumio) and LOVE it. I think that it can be had for right around 1k.
My Oppo 105 finally bricked. Streamer suggestions?
Hey all,
Well, my vaunted 105 now won’t connect to Tidal through the app no matter what troubleshooting I do, and since my listening is 40% vinyl, 50% streaming, and 10% cd, I’m losing out on a lot of music. I’d like to keep the Oppo as a the occasional transport but need something to stream Tidal.
I can still connect via HDMI to to the Oppo from my phone or laptop, but the sound is terrible.
My digital system:
Ragnarok 2 integrated
Denafrips Ares 2 DAC/Schiit Gungnir (currently comparing them side-by-side)
Reference 3A de Capos
Oppo 105 (still can be used as a transport and blu-ray)
Suggestions for a streamer that would work well with the Denafrips? Budget under $1K.
Thank you,
simao
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I use a Cambridge audio 851n as a streamer right now, and I use a bryston bda1 as a dac. I like the Cambridge but not the bryston. The Cambridge is soft and smooth and easy listening… compared to a bryston streamer I also have but don’t use because it’s very harsh and hard, grainy and brittle. id like something inbetween and decided to try a Holo Red. I figure at $800 it can’t suck too badly. |
@mahler123 @tony1954 @theo Good advice and suggestions from all. I was just about to pull the trigger last night on a wonderful used deal on a Cambridge CXN on the other site when I get this reply form Oppo: "We've had similar reports regarding TIDAL. Since there haven't been any recent changes to the app, our guess is the change came from TIDAL's end. Unfortunately, given that OPPO Digital is no more, we do not expect a fix to become available. You can try using a third-party app called mConnect for TIDAL instead." So I install mconnect lite and it now works as an interface with the Oppo. Does that make the Oppo into a renderer? And does that affect the sound at all compared with going direct to Tidal through the Oppo? |
Thats pretty cool, that you at least got a response from OPPO on a long discontinued product. You can't take that for granted these days. It is also cool that the Oppo can be controlled by mConnect. I actually use mConnect to control my Melco N100, but since I added the CXN to the Network I tend to use the Melco mainly as a NAS. My Oppo 105 and 203 both read and play the files from the NAS, but I didn't realize the mConnect could control those players, so I wll have to fiddle around with it when I get a chance (right now I seem to have had both of my systems affected by a Power surge or something over the weekend so fixing that is the bigger priority). I prefer the terms "server' and "player". A server has the files, or is able to send signals from an external HD or and Internet connection, to others player(s) in the system. I don't think mConnect affects sound; it merely provides a graphical interface |
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