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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
918 posts
 
Jfz the modwright player is fantastic. It is better than many over 10,000 cd players and you have the choice of using it with High resolution downloads in the future. A portable hard drive is exactly what it says. All computers have built in hard drives. If you put a lot of movies and music on your computers hard drive you can easily fill it up to its limit. A portable hard drive allows you store more data and can then be accessed through your computer or by attaching it to the Oppo. They typically cost between 80.00 to 150.00 depending on how big you want the hard drive to be.
doggiehowser
672 posts
 
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=89297.0

This is the mod I was referring to

We are designing an upgrade board that will allow as many as three digital inputs to be added to existing ModWright Modified players, tube or SS, thus allowing the ModWright player to act as both player and DAC.

Digital inputs will include SPDIF (RCA and/or BNC) and AES/EBU (XLR) inputs, USB not included. The decision to not incorporate USB was based on the fact that to do so would compromise THIS design. You can easily use a variety of external USB/RCA converters, such as those from M2Tech, that allow for up to 24/192 hi-rez data.
oldears
386 posts
 
Be careful with Apple files. Oppo manual states they will not handle them. For PC only, burn files (using Exact Audio Copy) or save downloads to your PC hard drive. Back them up to a portable USB drive which you can connect to the OPPO USB input, or copy them to USB flash drives. I have a stick with classical, another with vocals, another with jazz, etc. You will need to hook to a monitor to see what you are doing. Do NOT hook to a computer.
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