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Oppo 105 or DAC


My 2.1 audio system consists of the Emotiva XPA-5 amp, USP-1 pre-amp, and their ERC-2 CD Player.

I have an iMac and it is not connected to my audio system yet as I am trying to figure out the best way to do it.

This system will mostly be for listening to music which comprises of iTunes, cd's, sacd's, and concerts dvd's and blue ray.

My question is if you had this system would you go ahead and purchase the Oppo 105 and use it as your DAC and disc player or would you suggest something different?

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rlwainwright
1,904 posts
 
Sell the ERC-2 and replace it with the Oppo 105. It will sound at least as good on CDs + it plays back many more formats (SACD, DVD-Audio, Bluray, etc., etc.) and it operates as a stand-alone DAC for use with your Mac. Net cost to you will be well under a grand.

PS: I also have an Emo XPA-5 and their UMC-1 and really like 'em! Emo is the best value on the market today - good-sounding, well-made products with a 5-year warranty and super low prices...

-RW-
hightechredneck
27 posts
 
Had the Oppo 105 and sold it after my friend's Cambridge 840C CDP humiliated it.
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davide256
396 posts
 
Allow me to suggest something different. use an Oppo-103 or Oppo-105 as a DLNA Renderer for your iMac with a good Media Controller program of your choosing; the DAC of your choice with the Oppo of your choice. Spend more time playing music and less time aggravated over PC audio quirks. I'm running the Oppo 103 into a Metrum Octave, after buying it originally for blue ray and then stumbling into how much simpler and better it is for digital audio media.
mesch
3,419 posts
 
Given your current system I agree with RW. Did you buy the 105?
4orreal
91 posts
 
Hightechredneck,
Was your Oppo 105 that the Campbridge humiliated a stock version or modified?
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