Oppo BDP-93 Networking Universal 3D Blu-ray Player

[tagm]

Quick question for you guys since i plan on buying this if my lg player crapped out. FOr those with av receivers, do you let the Oppo do the decoding or the receiver for better sound? Just curious cuz i have it set to pass thru on my lg, the ps3 does it automatically if i play blurays (which i only use it for gaming anyways). Which is better or is there no difference at all?

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by tagm

Quick question for you guys since i plan on buying this if my lg player crapped out. FOr those with av receivers, do you let the Oppo do the decoding or the receiver for better sound? Just curious cuz i have it set to pass thru on my lg, the ps3 does it automatically if i play blurays (which i only use it for gaming anyways). Which is better or is there no difference at all?

FYI the current player is the BDP-103, the BDP-93 is no longer distributed. Most use bit stream to a AVR which does the decoding. If you had a older AVR that wasn't supporting the lossless formats, then you could let the Oppo player do the decoding and output multi-channel LPCM over HDMI or analog outputs. SQ wise should be about the same.

[bizmord]

Can sound quality change so much between 2 sources???? Please help me out.
Should I be getting Oppo ???

I enjoy the ease of finding a good quality 320kbps MP3 or a FLAC file, drop it on my USB and stick it into my Samsung BD-ES6000 bluray ($150). Only problem is that it sounds wayyy worse than regular CD (same file size as FLAC) but that plays on my Sony C222ES ($500 back in a day player).

I don't want to sit a burn CDs all day !!! :-)

Question .... is it because Sony has better guts that make music sound better? Better connection (Sony uses Analog cables, my blu-ray uses HDMI)?

How do I make my USB stored FLAC/MP3 sound better? Will upgrading to a better Blu-Ray player help???

[JohnAV]

Originally Posted by bizmord

Can sound quality change so much between 2 sources???? Please help me out.
Should I be getting Oppo ???

I enjoy the ease of finding a good quality 320kbps MP3 or a FLAC file, drop it on my USB and stick it into my Samsung BD-ES6000 bluray ($150). Only problem is that it sounds wayyy worse than regular CD (same file size as FLAC) but that plays on my Sony C222ES ($500 back in a day player).

I don't want to sit a burn CDs all day !!! :-)

Question .... is it because Sony has better guts that make music sound better? Better connection (Sony uses Analog cables, my blu-ray uses HDMI)?

How do I make my USB stored FLAC/MP3 sound better? Will upgrading to a better Blu-Ray player help???

320 Kbps MP3 is not equivalent in SQ as the CD source. The DAC's in the 93/103 are better then your Sony:

The DAC is the same as the BDP-93, the Cirrus Logic CS4382A (8-ch, 24-bit, 192khz).

They offer a 114 dB Dynamic Range, and -100 dB THD+N.

With analog out you are skipping all the decoding/room correction processing your AVR would perform. With a typical modern AVR you should hear no decreased audio quality typically using HDMI (bitstream/LPCM) over using analog only. You start talking high end then it gets into a audio tonal/quality argument concerning analog vs digital with audiophiles.

[JohnAV]

The Oppo BDP-95 has now been retired from Oppo Digital front page. Customers wishing to check on Firmware Updates, for example, will now need to go to the Customer Service > Product Support tab where all the older OPPO players are located.

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