Is Anyone Using The Oppo 105 As A Preamp?

See my experience using a bdp-105 as a preamp to my MC-2100 at audiophile-musings.blogspot.com. All in all I agree that it needs a bit of taming down and sounds too sterile. Running through my Dared MC-7P sounds much more natural but straight to the amp via RCA cables "works" and is how my wife prefers to listen to it. She likes its ability to instantly mute commercials that the Dared cannot do.

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Phil, I saw your comments regarding the 105 as a preamp. I also saw your comments regarding the unit break-in period. I wonder if the preamp section may need more time to break in time before it settles down. Just a thought.

Thanks for sharing.

Nice blog.
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The volume control in the Oppo is done in the digital domain, which means that you start cutting bits to reduce the volume. The Oppo is great at many things, but being a pre-amp is not one of them.

I'm expecting the 105 tomorrow, and will be using it straight to my amps, at least initially.

Audiojan and others, check this from ESS about cutting bits to reduce volume:

http://www.esstech.com/PDF/digital-vs-analog-volume-control.pdf

>> The volume control in the Oppo is done in the digital domain, which means that you start cutting bits to reduce the volume. <<

You are wrong. The Oppo starts with 32 bits internally, so you can toss away 8 bits before you even start to truncate the signal....

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