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Modwright Oppo 95 and Computer Audio

Jwm, Rfogel, Mike60, and others - Are you doing computer audio? I ask because I'm thinking if the Modwright Oppo is "good enough", I could just forget about getting into computer audio myself. At this point at least, I don't mind playing CDs. If the sound is significantly better with hi-rez computer files, though, then I want to be thinking about that too. I ask this question because I'm 1) Very "stupid" when it comes to computer audio - and, in fact, don't have a computer presently (and trying to figure out what to get); and 2) planning to get my Oppo 95 modified by Dan Wright or John Tucker (soon, I hope).

Thanks!

p.s. Do you any of you understand the advantage of the digital input Dan Wright is working on? I don't, since the Oppo already has a USB (and eStat, whatever that is)input.
jfz
jwm
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You don't need a digital input to make digital audio work with the Oppo. You just plug in a USB cable from your computer hard drive into the Oppo directly. You will need a 21 inch LCD tv to monitor what you want to do, by using an HDMI cable connected from the Oppo to the TV. I have not tried this yet, but others have said the Oppo is fantastic with computer audio. I would get an apple I Mac or laptop computer. You will have to buy Pure Music 1.82 or Amarra 2.4 software for the computer. This will allow you to download High resolution software from the internet.
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rfogel8
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I don't run computer audio either and really have no interest at this point. I check it out every year at CES and while there are always new and more expensive options, I'm of the opinion that it's a long way from maturity. I intend to wait a couple more years and in the meantime, my Modwright Sony is easy on the ears and always makes me happy.

If I feel like taking it to another level, I listen to vinyl which I still prefer over the best digital.

Just my 2 cents.
doggiehowser
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The USB port on the Oppo is a USB host. It hooks up to other USB devices and "controls" them. This works with USB thumb drives and HDDs.

From my experience, playback of lossless files on the USB HDD ripped from CDs don't sound as good as the same CD played on the Oppo.

Playback of good quality HD tracks lossless does sound very good.

This is not the same as a USB client port on most modern DACs which allow the computer to work as a USB host and the DAC is the client.

What Dan Wright is working on is providing USB/SPDIF inputs to the Sabre32 DAC.

I am not sure if the design is finalised yet, but it was meant to provide an input to the good quality DAC in the Oppo partnered with Dan's tube analog output stage.

So this allows you to plug the Oppo to for instance:
a better CD only transport
a Logitech Squeezebox?
a PC with USB connection
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