Personal confuser Audio which aspect has the greatest impact on SQ?

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, I was using the Network function of the Oppo to control my NAS.  The Oppo app is terrible.  Audirvana worked much better using my PC, but that limited me to usb and I couldn’t use the pc and listen to music simultaneously.
  I don’t think the Audirvana can be used with the Oppo...I thought it was for pc only...perhaps someone can correct me if I am wrong

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first off, my iMac is on a wy fy connection.

so is my UDP 203.

now do understand i’ve not fully completed this link, but…..

once Audirvana got fully licensed I turned on the UDP 203.

then I opened Audirvana plus.

using the file menu for A+ I looked at the output audio settings in PREFERENCES, and clicked onto that box and it dropped down showing the 203 as an output device.

I THINK IT SHOWED UP AS ‘OPPO’.

not being able to navigate the OPPO menus at that time or since actually due to other priorities, I’ve not tried it out.


OPPO support sent along an email as I asked specifically about this scenario and they said:
From the Home Menu of you OPPO, you will need to select Network. From Network, there should be a listing for Audirvana and you will need to select that. After Audirvana is selected, do you then get audio?

(as said, I’ve not tried though it seems as it should work)

OPPO WENT ON TO SAY….

You will not need to change any settings and you will be able to output the audio from any of the outputs on the player. If you are currently using a HDMI connection for audio, you can use that.

the only output from the oppo CURRENTLY in use is using HDMI to a sony LED 31 inch HD flat screen

i’ve been using it only to view/listen to Blu Ray movies so far and very sparringly.

soon I’ll get it into what I said the other day in this post about a rearrangement of my office gear.

in another email Oppo said ROOn labs was a slam dunk as the 203 is roon ready.

but go ahead and try it with the oppo on first and then fire up A+ and see if Oppo is a choice in the audio output. devices menu.

they are all DLNA, right? it should fly and there’s a wy fy connection for you. violin!

one last thing… just before being curious about all this when I fired up the 203 there was a firmware update which I let be installed.

Oppo 203 does allow its menu accessibility so it used to speak menus and so forth but it did not after the update so it likely needs to be turned on once more. I think that did occur before on one other update. can’t recall exactly.

try it out!

good luck!!

That’s interesting.  However, I am thinking that will only work if you intend to use the DAC of the 203.  I would prefer to use my Bryston DAC.  It seems weird that 
one could have Audirvana on the pc, have the Oppo use it to find music, then instead of play it through the Oppo pass it to another DAC, thereby adding what seems to be an unnecessary link.
  I could try this, but frankly I am not that interested, as I am just starting to to enjoy the sound of my Bryston BDP3 as a transport, which is an order of magnitude better than the Oppo, the PCwith Audirvana, or Bluesound.

well, a bridge is a bridge is a bridge, at times.

some very likely are better than others… but if it is all one has, and they wish to get file playback from PC or NAS, use a mobile device as the remote/controller,  and not use USB…. well there you are with a LAN connection over ethernet or wy Fy to the ‘bridge’ instead, if a late model Oppo is handy.

use DLNA protocol to fuel the Oppo du jour, via the analog outs or   feed the ??? DAC via digital interfaces and or HDMI

grab the A+ remote for $10 off the app store and you can sit in the sweet spot  and control playback, with or without a dAC.

to date… regardless which conduit I’ve used to get access and playback of files from a NAS or hard drive, ie., Hiface, RME sound card, Lynx Sound card, M Audio SC,or even a mediocre UsB sound card to feed the ??? DAC, each time, depending on the quality of the ??? interface device, the sound quality either was made different or in fact escalated respective to the gizmo between the files and the dAC.

in the end, as you said, you will run what you feel is the best route to the best sQ. regardless. and that is what this past time is indeed all about.

until another ‘approach’ and its funding arrives, it is what it is.

OK. it works. its easier than it looks too.

the only steps I took were to open A+ and inside Preferences>Audio System tab, select what ever Oppo is populated in the list of audio output device options.

there were 3 in my list.

I then opened the a+ remote on a mobile unit and accessed the A+ remote app.

chose a playlist and tapped on a file. violin!!

nothing had to be addressed in the 203 settings for instant playback. FLAC AAC, ALAC and more files were played without issue.

it could not be much easier. playback appeared thru the only output connected to the Oppo 203, HDMI.

all components are on Wy Fy.

Oppo sup says ALL outputs are hot.

the a+ app did not see the 203 as a MQA compatible gizmo though

it did see DSD as an option too though it could be configured to convert the signal to PCM if desired.

Groovy.. . no immediate need to drop $$$ into some interface converter.

Good to know.  Will try it sometime