Eric5676
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Wow FLAC and Wav support. Does it accept ntfs file systems or still limited to FAT32? eSATA I would need a new mainboard to accept I suppose?
Good question.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=19461718#post19461718
Everyone should just keep an eye on the very first post of that thread because the OP constantly updates it as the "go to FAQs" for the player.
Here's one thing I saw in there that might hopefully answer your question or at least give you a little more to work with:
I could be reading this wrong but I would have figured they would have kept this thing as wide open and mainstream as possible for a lot of users and I think that's what that says to me and that you and pretty much everyone else should be good to go right out of the box.eSATA Port – The BDP-93 features an eSATA port on its back panel. Consumers can take advantage of this fast eSATA connection to play contents from their hard disks full of audio, video and photo files. Most commercially available hard disks pre-formatted with NTFS, FAT32 and FAT file systems are supported, and file sizes larger than 4GB can be played back. -
Will read the thread, but...wait, what? So you can't use it as a USB-DAC, but if you just give it the files, it can play them? That might be adequate. It really might be the perfect solution for everything.
Let me see if I can help you save a little time there:
OPPO BDP-93 Blu-ray Disc Player
Oppo officially announces BDP-93 Blu-ray player, shows off full specs -- Engadget HD
It hasn't been long since Oppo's well-received BDP-83 made its debut, but now it's gone, and the company has fleshed out details on the successor to the throne, the BDP-93. say hello to another universal player, now updated with Blu-ray 3D and streaming access to Netflix and Blockbuster over WiFi N.There's two HDMI 1.4a outputs in case your receiver isn't 3D passthrough ready, an eSATA port for playback from hard drives and two USB ports.
Retail price? $499. If this is the player you've been waiting for you're probably already on the list, but if not click the source link for a full list of specs on Oppo's site and to register for notification when it goes on sale "soon."
I'm on the list myself.
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This might turn some heads around here:
Official OPPO BDP-93 Owner's Thread - AVS Forum
^^ I know this poster well. You can take his word to the bank. I practically wonder if he works for Oppo but he's certainly been a long time beta tester, loyalist and I guess quasi insider. Bottom line: Very credible.I've tested 24-bit/192KHz FLAC and WAV files on the player with success. Multi-Channel FLAC as well.This could end up being an attractive all in one for a number of folks at this rate.
http://www.oppodigital.com/blu-ray-bdp-93/
I recommend registering here if you're interested in buying this player.
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I'm going to resurrect this to say I like the Sony BDP-S570 I got for $160 today. Netflix and pandora both work well, and it plays blurays
. It also supports SACD, tho I'm not sure to what extent, as I haven't tried it yet.There's a lot of great values like these out there. They aren't waiting until Black Friday and Cyber Monday to start the nice sales.
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Roku HD-XR Player for $59.99 in Amazon Gold Box deal for next two hours.
Amazon, Sears Begin Holiday CE Sales - 2010-10-28 16:34:28 | TWICE
Long/short: Starting today, Amazon, Sears, and some others are in full Holiday sales mode for electronics. Starting today, you're going to want to keep close eyes on Amazon's Gold Box setup. You'll see a deal on the left side and then lightning deals on the right side. They do you the courtesy in advance of telling you what kind of item the lighting deals will be as the day unfolds.
Amazon.com Gold Box: New Deals. Every Day. <- That's where you want to be at least once a day starting today.
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Happy Birthday!
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Happy Birthday!
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This made me throw up in my mouth a little bit:
A YouTube interview with Antelope Audio founder Igor Levin in parts
&covers his views on how the randomization of jitter helps create a more analog sound; and how adding strategic jitter does, similar to dither, break up modulation patterns to increase the linearity of D/A conversion chips.I soldiered on through the whole thing, though, and I can fairly safely say that this product will be lumped in with Mr. Ebaen's ALO Audio recables and Wireworld Starlight USB cables: things that I don't even want to try, let alone buy.
My head was spinning on several parts of it myself, but then again, this IS Six Moons we're talking about and by now I think Ebaen is a well known quantity. You know what you're going to get when you read something from him.
Mr. Levin is known as a genius and I wouldn't dare try to argue tech points with someone like him but...ADDING jitter? *grimaces*
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Full review Zodiac + : 6moons audio reviews: Antelope Audio Zodiac+
by Srajan Ebaen.
Happy readings.
Wrong product thread
but thanks for the heads up. http://www.head-case.org/forums/home-source-components/6148-antelope-audio-dacs-5.html Maybe some mod can work some magic here.
Relevant to this thread:
...Where in this middle-of-the-range model I still suspect certain limitations—deliberate perhaps due to price—are the output stage and power supply. There an earlier inspection of the $1.500 Wyred4Sound DAC2 scored higher.Good enough for me.
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I'd just finished listening to the tranquility DAC that had a habit of throwing a large soundstage and being warm while sacrificing some resolution and pinpoint imaging it seemed, so this seemed a little cold in comparison. I would have taken the $900 soon to be $600 tranquility DAC over this probably, even if it wasn't as detailed or specs impressive.
Looking around, this thing seems to be the go-to darling for people that just want a USB only DAC.
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Since I've been trying to get to know different popular DACs without spending big bucks to audition them, I've been checking them out in the local audio clubs. Saturday, I spend about 5 hours almost comparing DACs.
I compared the W4S DAC-2 with a DB labs tranquility DAC, Buffalo32 DAC, PS Audio PerfectWave DAC, Zodiac plus, and PS Audio digital link III. The system was either using the PS Audio transport or MAC mini to output to the DACs connected to the AR Reference 3 preamp (when DAC didn't use its own preamp) to the Moscode power amplifier out to the Usher Audio Diamond 718 speakers.
The Wyred had at least 15 or more hours on it, so it had some burn-in. Listened to it with each different digital input to gauge if there was much difference (a little, i2s was probably best). I honestly think the Wyred came in last in the shootout, I really didn't like it. Comparing it to the TPA Buffalo32, the B32 was much more right tonally even if it wasn't very full or lively sounding and its bottom end was not deep or extended. The Wyred was actually a bit irritating.
Sadly, neither of the ESS chip DACs did very well, kind of bummed about that. It would have been great to have a high-end Stax system around to see how each DAC compared with a system I am somewhat more familiar with.Great feedback!
I'd like to get in a situation like that myself where I could take some other goodies for a test spin and do a little comparison myself.
Obviously the usual "people have different tastes/all the gear in the food chain" disclaimers have to come into play here but thankfully there's a lot of choice.
Since I live practically in the boondocks "spending big bucks to audition" is about the only option I've got.
For me in my setup (key phrase) what I'm personally hearing with this Wyred DAC-2...I'd have to hear something pretty damned earth shatteringly incredible to make me want to unseat it out of here and sell it but hey, you never know, right?
No idea if it really matters but I'm probably north of 50 hours easy of total use on this DAC-2 so far.
Gosh, I've had it for a month already. I could be close to a 100 hours by now.
The literature suggests that 100-200 hours of burn in use is where differences really start to show up for whatever that's worth. They even say themselves that inside the first 100 hours things might sound a little "bright with harsh transitions."
Personally I haven't noticed anything terribly bright or harsh but then again, I was coming off a fairly bright source in the Cambridge 840c.
The DAC 1 and 2 are also "upgradeable."
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Eric, did you get the asynchronous USB add-on with your DAC-2?
It's part of the DAC-2. It's not an add on.
I've been using it and really using this piece a lot and very much enjoying it. I really couldn't be happier. Easily the best electronics purchase I've made since I bought my Head Amp GS-X a few years ago.
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I was focused on other hobbies for some time and I was just directed to this thread to illustrate that head-case has evolved into yet another place with a rather bad signal/noise ratio where personal experience isn't mandatory.
Just like head-fi with the benefit of no ads ..........
I hope these 3 pages of wasted time are an exception of the rule that unsubstantiated bla without any personal experience isn't what head-case is about.
Do you have any personal experience with the headphone that's the subject of this thread?
What are you contributing to the thread?The look and feel has changed anyway since I was here last time and maybe such threads are marked now with a sign that indicates "thread contains no valuable information and certainly no first hand experience".
Portable headphones supposedly made well is proof that they can make good high end $3000 headphones? That's kind of a reach IMO.Years ago I had bought postjack's Ed 9 but it turned out to be slightly defective so all impressions based on that specific exemplar are worthless.It wasn't that obvious without a faultless pair as reference.
Ultrasone has exchanged the defective pair for a perfect one without any hassles so there's nothing to complain about the after sales service.
In the end the bass heavy Ed. 9s weren't exactly my cup of tea so I had to sell them but nevertheless I think they were decent headphones if you need something closed that's (trans-)portable and quite easy to drive and don't want to stick something into your ears.
When I think about it they were by far the best portable headphones I've owned so far.
From my point of view this proves Ultrasone is capable of constructing decent headphones.It's just not that easy to engineer closed headphones fully competitive with open headphones.
Then please audition some and let us know what you think since it's apparently so easy for you to do so.For me only the Stax SR-4070s do the trick but those are extremely bulky, heavy as stone and in no way portable.
I guess I don't have to buy them for an audition.
I do live quite central in the biggest german sprawl with lots of HiFi boutiques nearby.Should be no problem to test them out this way.
I'd certainly prefer less expensive high-end headphones without the bling but there are probably way more rich fools than headphone afficionados willing to spend $$$$ on special headphones so I can understand the marketing decision.
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I gave up on online back up when I tried to back up some data from Carbonite and it eas a huge fail. I use Time Machine to back up to an external. My important stuff which are my photos are also backed up on another external drive and dvd's.
No kidding. I've been using Carbonite for about 6 months now and twice now it's saved my ass. What happened to you?
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you never went to scout camp?
Nope.
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That picture of..whatever the hell that stuff is...in post 15 by Voltron really did make me wanna spew a little bit.
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Happy Birthday!
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Thanks Reks. Much appreciated. And there is no way in hell I will "make a move" on those abortions.
Now let me get back to eating my shit on a shingle...
Wait, I see some discrepancies here. The title says $2,750 MSRP and the post says $2,749 MSRP. Which is it, because this important to me making a buying decision...^^ Posts like these remind me why I like this place.
Luv, I'll spot you that buck myself. Whaddya say?
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well, Voltron likes his edition whatevers, so we'll make an exception for him.
Think he'll make a move on these?
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the brand only has a good reputation amongst people who don't know shit from shingles.
Ah.
Well, that clears that all up!
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Ultrasone Edition 10 Headphones are $2700! - I4U News
Ultrasone Offers First Open Back Headphone - Gearlog
[H]ard|OCP - $2,750 Headphones Read the comments thread if you have a little time.Ultrasone is announcing the release of its first open back special edition headphone, and the deco styling makes this a really great-looking pair. Called the Edition 10, they offer Zebrano wood ear cup inlays, Ethiopian sheepskin leather ear cup pads, titanium-plated drivers, and Kevlar-coated cables.The Edition 10 is the result of years of research at Ultrasone. The ear cups, for example, feature an original design inspired by natural forms. They offer a high level of air permeability through the grills and have a high torsion strength and extremely low resonance.
Each pair comes with a hand-crafted Zebrano wood stand and its own wooden box. Only 2010 pair will be produced. If you want one, it'll cost you $2,749. Look for them in high-end audio shops.
^^ Large, sexy picture. It's a big enough picture I didn't do IMG code in case it broke H-scrolls.
Google it. It's all over the Internet.
I know the brand has a fairly good reputation but that's about it. That kind of price tag makes me want to run and hide under my bed.
So which of you brave souls are going to take the plunge on these?
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Nice all the way around.
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FWIW, I've read on few AV and Home Theatre forums that Oppo is supposedly building a separate player focusing on analogue audio output (95?) and that there won't be 93SE.
Could be.
Amazing the price gouging already starting to happen on these and the 80s.
I could put my 18 month old 83 up on Amazon or Flea Bay right now, advertise it truthfully as like new or close to it, in the box, all the cables, goodies, etc. and I bet I could get at least original MSRP back in my pocket the way it's already shaping up.
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They are hot surely. I have read about some oppo 95 as well. Source internet.
2012-13 ish?
. It also supports SACD, tho I'm not sure to what extent, as I haven't tried it yet.
but thanks for the heads up. 
Sadly, neither of the ESS chip DACs did very well, kind of bummed about that. It would have been great to have a high-end Stax system around to see how each DAC compared with a system I am somewhat more familiar with.
Did HeadRoom discontinue the Desktop Ultra DAC?
in Home Source Components
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Shows how out of the loop I usually am. I didn't know that Tyll had parted ways with Headroom, either. Their loss.
Tyll is one of the good guys for sure. I definitely wish you all the best in whatever you end up doing if you read this, Tyll.