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NEW Discovery: Getting the Oppo DSD Output to a Dac.

Getting the Oppo DSD Output to a Dac.

I’m no longer using a Preamp. So it’s been a long time since I have been able to play my SACD’s.  I really didn’t want to pay for new digital downloads after paying so much for the many SACD’s that I currently own.

I saw an adapter listed on EBay from China that caught my attention. It costs $18 bucks including shipping! It looks to be well made and fairly small. It comes with a wall wart AC adapter. But, I found that it is not needed. It seems the little adapter gets its power from the HDMI via the Oppo. At one end of the adapter is the HDMI input. The other end outputs Optical or Coaxial and both are assessable at the same time.

Now with this little adapter I have been able to take the extra HDMI output from my Oppo 95 and convert that output digitally to my PS Audio Direct Stream Dac.  And, it is outputting the DSD stream! The PS Direct Stream Dac shows 24/88.2 Hz as the input. Now, I can now play my SACD’s again and they sound fantastic!

So, I have been copying my SACD’s into my hardrive. To do this, I first copy the 24/88.2Hz signal using my Tascam DA 3000 onto a SD card. Just for the heck I’m also recording that Oppo output at 24/192 HZ. Then I simply transfer that recording to my Hardrive.

Here is the link.


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ozzy OP
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I'm sorry I still don't get your point. When I owned a SACD player the output was analog not DSD or PCM.

dbtom2
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Hey Ozzie,

When you connect the Oppo to the Direct Stream and play an SACD, what bit and sampling rate show on the Direct Stream?
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kijanki
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Yes, but this analog output was obtained by using very simple internal D/A converter (practically a filter) that is completely different than converter in your DAC when you feed it PCM.  Sound should be different, that's all. 

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ozzy OP
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dbtom2,

The Direct Stream shows 24 bit with 88.2 sampling rate which is the same as the SACD output. But it does show PCM if that matters.

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onhwy61
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The point some are trying to make is that you are not outputting a DSD signal to an external D/A.  The Oppo is internally converting the DSD stream to a PCM stream.  I imagine there is a menu setting that will let you adjust the sample rate/bit depth of the converted signal.  The thread title makes it sound as if you were actually getting the Oppo to output a DSD signal.
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