New Oppo 103 & 105 Q&A Interview

To be honest, I suspect the new Oppo's playback from a USB stick is unlikely to be as good sounding as using a Mac Mini with Audirvana Plus or a PC with similar tweaks.

It looks like the aysnc USB input is only on the 105. It would nice to have USB input on the 103 without having to step up to the 105.

I thought it was kinda pointless seeing as the Oppo x3's DACs are nothing to write home about.

I do not use the DAC in my 93 but some people do and the async USB would be nice for them. Async usb could also be used for pass-thru of the digital signal to a DAC that does not not have aysnc USB - sort of a USB to S/PDIF converter - which is what I would like it for.

Except the 93 model isn't the one with a good DAC stage as Oppo intended it primarily as a digital transport.