Hello all,
I decided to join QQ, after lurking around for a long time . I recently went through the exercise of copying/backing up all my SACDs, thanks to a cheap Sony player. Thus far my multichannel streaming has mostly been flac files, played either through one through either a media play or directly via a laptop through HDMI with unsatisfactory results for one or the other reason (mostly convenience type issues, not sonics). I recently bought both an Oppo 203 and a Sony X800 player to try and get multichannel streaming working through the uPNP DLNA interface, which is my preferred interface, since I can push media using either my phone/tablet or laptop computer. I have used foobar and its DLNA/Controller interface for many years with my receiver with great success, but haven't a whole lot of experience in streaming dsd type files or multichannel through this interface. I have a number of questions which I am hoping to get some opinions on.
1) Can anyone post their recommended foobar settings for the Oppo 203 as a renderer ? or attach their settings file ? I have figured out a group of settings that seem to work but wondering if there are better choices to be made.
2) Can I get the multichannel section of the SACD iso's to stream directly (i.e. on the fly conversion to dsf/dsd) over the interface rather than being converted to PCM or going through the process of converting all the iso's to uncompressed dsd/dsf files ? I find that when playing the converted files there is a significant reduction in sound levels (@8 dB from my measurements) compared to playing the same SACD in the player. Playing the DSD files would eliminate this difference.
3) Is there a uPNP Android app that can work as a controller (with multichannel) for the Oppo/Sony. I find the Oppo Media control app to be fairly buggy.
4) Are there other players I should consider that are more robust/stable than either the Oppo 203 or x800, with the stipulation that their be an HDMI output ?
I look forward to reading your opinions and advice. Thank you.
My current setup is :
Yamaha RX-A3000 receiver - everything is fed in through HDMI, receiver does room correction/Speaker/Subwoofer frequency and level adjustments.
Ubuntu Linux/ ZFS based file server
Variety of consumer type/media players/Xbox One X etc.
Oppo 83/203
I decided to join QQ, after lurking around for a long time . I recently went through the exercise of copying/backing up all my SACDs, thanks to a cheap Sony player. Thus far my multichannel streaming has mostly been flac files, played either through one through either a media play or directly via a laptop through HDMI with unsatisfactory results for one or the other reason (mostly convenience type issues, not sonics). I recently bought both an Oppo 203 and a Sony X800 player to try and get multichannel streaming working through the uPNP DLNA interface, which is my preferred interface, since I can push media using either my phone/tablet or laptop computer. I have used foobar and its DLNA/Controller interface for many years with my receiver with great success, but haven't a whole lot of experience in streaming dsd type files or multichannel through this interface. I have a number of questions which I am hoping to get some opinions on.
1) Can anyone post their recommended foobar settings for the Oppo 203 as a renderer ? or attach their settings file ? I have figured out a group of settings that seem to work but wondering if there are better choices to be made.
2) Can I get the multichannel section of the SACD iso's to stream directly (i.e. on the fly conversion to dsf/dsd) over the interface rather than being converted to PCM or going through the process of converting all the iso's to uncompressed dsd/dsf files ? I find that when playing the converted files there is a significant reduction in sound levels (@8 dB from my measurements) compared to playing the same SACD in the player. Playing the DSD files would eliminate this difference.
3) Is there a uPNP Android app that can work as a controller (with multichannel) for the Oppo/Sony. I find the Oppo Media control app to be fairly buggy.
4) Are there other players I should consider that are more robust/stable than either the Oppo 203 or x800, with the stipulation that their be an HDMI output ?
I look forward to reading your opinions and advice. Thank you.
My current setup is :
Yamaha RX-A3000 receiver - everything is fed in through HDMI, receiver does room correction/Speaker/Subwoofer frequency and level adjustments.
Ubuntu Linux/ ZFS based file server
Variety of consumer type/media players/Xbox One X etc.
Oppo 83/203