[SurroundSound] Re: Abridged summary of surroundsound@googlegroups.com - 5 Messages in 3 Topics

There are multi-channel sound cards too you know.

On Jun 10, 11:03 pm, August Bleed <bleed...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd honestly be happy with either one or a couple players on the mac side
> if the hardware on my mac were as good as my Oppo or if I were using an
> outboard DAC (which I am not at this point).  Unfortunately using either
> with the sound card on my macs results in inferior sound.  I think if I had
> a multichannel DAC (I can wish) I might revisit my choices.  Thus far as a
> transport for the DAC-less, the Oppo is hard to beat.
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> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Lokkerman <phil.steep...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > hey hey LOL!! at last we concur great to be with you Bro' - I knew we
> > would do it sooner or later (just joking but nice to agree ;;-)))))))))))
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> > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Steven Sullivan <ssu...@panix.com> wrote:
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> >> Agreed.  Foobar2000 (which I use) isn't buggy, and is extremely
> >> user-configurable and versatile.  And the hardware needed -- which could
> >> be anything from a netbook on up to the most tricked-out gamer's PC -- is
> >> also more versatile than any DVD player (which of course run software too
> >> -- and can be buggy, as Oppo's firmware update history shows.)
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> >> > Winamp and KMPlayer on a PC kill off my Denon - can the Oppo cope with
> >> > 120k
> >> > audio tracks in every format? (all lossless) and video too??
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> >> > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 4:32 AM, scolumbo <sacolu...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> >> Apples vs. Oranges.
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> >> >> A buggy piece of software that needs a pc to run on vs. a well-built,
> >> >> well-engineered consumer electronic equipment.
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> >> >> Foobar does the same, but that doesn't replace an Oppo. Don't you need
> >> >> some hardware to go with that?
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> >> >> On Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:08:33 PM UTC-4, MrMalice wrote:
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> >> >>> FWIW, the latest build of J River Media Center can read and play back
> >> >>> SACD ISO's in 2.0 and 5.1. No $10,000 black market OPPO required.
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> >> >>> Just sayin'...
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> >> >>> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:29 PM, scolumbo <sacolu...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> >>>> I know someone that bought a 93 from Amazon last month that still had
> >> >>>> the old firmware.  I guess you could take a chance and buy it, and
> >> >>>> then
> >> >>>> return it if it had new firmware.
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> >> >>>> Also, you can buy them on e-bay, but for a premium.
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> >> >>>> On Thursday, June 7, 2012 1:48:29 PM UTC-4, ratmice wrote:
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> >> >>>>> Wouldn't any new one you buy already be crippled (not able to play
> >> >>>>> ISOs) out of the box?
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> >> >>>>> Sent from my iPad
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> >> >>>>> On Jun 7, 2012, at 1:47 AM, "Richard L. Wainwright" <
> >> >>>>> rlwainwri...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> >>>>> As usual, Det. Columbo <g> is correct.  The Oppo 93/95 players did a
> >> >>>>> marvelous job of playing back ISO files.  I find this the most
> >> >>>>> convenient
> >> >>>>> way for me to store my surround sound music on my hard disc.  Not
> >> >>>>> only can
> >> >>>>> my Oppo play back these files seamlessly, but it also allows me to
> >> >>>>> quickly
> >> >>>>> create a burned copy ready to be played by *any*
> >> >>>>> DVD/DVD-Audio/Blu-ray
> >> >>>>> player by simply dragging and dropping the ISO file onto ImgBurn.
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> >> >>>>> For these reasons, I have refused to update my BDP-93 with the newer
> >> >>>>> firmware.  And, keep in mind, once you update an Oppo with the newer
> >> >>>>> firmware, you *cannot* go back to an older version.  I am seriously
> >> >>>>> considering buying another unit to keep in storage in the event my
> >> >>>>> current
> >> >>>>> one goes down...
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> >> >>>>> -RW-
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