Denafrips Ares DAC has arrived... need help with Oppo connectivity

@whitestix - You probably need to hook up the Oppo to a video display, go into the menu and change the digital output to PCM. It is likely set from the factory for DD5.1. At least that's what I've had to do with other DVD players in the past when I tried to hook them up to a DAC and play CDs.

Are you playing CD, DVD, BR, streaming, or trying to feed the CATV signal thru the Oppo into your DAC?

Apparently you want to feed from the DAC too as you have a USB connection coming from the DAC to the 103.

Does neither scenario work? Feeding the 103, or using it solely as a disc spinner?

Every Oppo I’ve had just connected to whatever DAC via TOS or COAX and played without issues.

Incoming info on USB might require some Settings manipulations.

A simple thing to try is while playing into the DAC, press the AUDIO button on the Oppo remote control. This will cycle thru some of the various audio formats available during DVD or BR playback. It will default back to what it was before when you stop [playback and remove the disc. Or shut it down. I don’t thing it applies when streaming. Dunno.

The MENU button on the Oppo remote should put you into Settings. Previous models also allowed some of the info to be displayed on the Oppo front display screen.

If a LCD is not readily available unplug it and find one. Press the menu and look for digital output settings as has been said, PCM is what you need to find as output format.

You can Google for this issue. One can always call Oppo too.

Make sure to post back with the solution, your particular Oppo model.

Good luck.

When you get everything working a report on the Denafrips would be appreciated.

No idea what I did, but the stream from the DAC now functions.  Thanks for the helpful suggestions.  The music streaming from the Oppo into the Ares sound pretty nice from the get-go, but I need to do some critical listening.   Mark

Update:   I had some audio pals over to join me with the comparison with the Ares in my system.  The clear conclusion was that the addition of the Ares to the signal path offered no SQ difference compared to connecting the Oppo 103 directly into my preamp.  No one was able to discern a difference between the two.    I will continue the comparison in the days ahead, but will be surprised if other CD's lead me to a different conclusion.  Cheers.