Are You Using A Separate DAC With Your Oppo 105?


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For cd playback, does the DAC in the Oppo 105 hold its own, or have any of you boosted its performance with a separate DAC?

If so, what DAC are you using to improve its performance?

What improvements did you notice?
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Wow, that's impressive. The new Perfect Wave DAC is $4k. The mere fact that it was thought of as equal or near equal to the Perfect Wave makes it an astounding bargain.
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If Oppo can upgrade firmware on the 105 for DSD, that could make it quite the bargain.
Coming soon.
That would be a complete waste of money given the quality of the Oppo DAC and the 105's analog outputs. If the external DAC had a better analog output stage than maybe. A potentially an expensive proposition.
Kal - Oppo already does DSD from SACD, so I assume you mean they are planning to implement DSD decoding from the USB/coax inputs, correct? Have they committed to this ? Thanks for the heads up. That could be a game changer for me.
If you are using a separate DAC you might as well go for the 103 instead of the 105 and save yourself 700 bucks.

I have the 105 and also a Halide HD DAC and they are both very close in sound, and both very good.