Supposedly. Oppo says don't leave the player on. Every year I get a different excuse from them.
https://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/the-sabre-dac-digital-volume-control-better-than-analog/Can’t help with the lip sync issue, but the digital volume control is nothing to be concerned about - done internally in the DAC at 32- or 64-bit precision if memory serves.
If you're so unhappy you can sell your 205 for probably a good deal more than you paid for it, get another machine, and have money left over to buy more music!
I am not sure about the 203, but I recently bit the bullet and secured a UDP-205. I have a 5-channel system that was previously anchored by a Oppo BDP-105 going straight to amplifiers and with no height speakers for Atmos. I have been experimenting with 2-channel DACs and was considering a good receiver/pre-pro to be able to handle 4K video in addition to audio for the 5-channel system. But, it kept bugging me that the 5-channel options were so poor relative to the 2-channel options from an audio perspective. The UDP-205 is an amazing player that just checked all the boxes for my needs. It seems significantly better to me than the BDP-105 (subjective impressions) all around. It is excellent as a 2-channel DAC, a multi-channel DAC, as a home theater receiver with its HDMI input (no Atmos), a renderer for music served over Ethernet. Kills many birds with one stone. And all this just for audio. It is quite excellent on the video front as well. There simply isn't anything like it for a multi-channel system that also is used for music.
I have a 205 from new when released.There is lip sync function, but according to the review it only affects the HDMI output.
There's also a bit of a letdown in regards of volume control, the Oppo has it, no problem, but it is a digital control.
The digital control is meant to be output at 100%, anything below that value, you will compress the signal, leaving less S/N ratios and dynamics.
I only use my 205 for music and occasionally concert DVDs on a small dedicated screen.Panasonic and Pioneer have released 4k blueray players with specs similar to Oppo. I have not heard them but going on past experience soundwise possibly not as good as Oppo, picture no doubt better as technology keeps evolving. My 2cents.
Congratulations!Well, as part of a general theater/music upgrade, I splurged and got myself an almost mint OPPO 205. $3250 Sigh: supply and demand, though I do think it warrants that price. Looking next at Audiocontrol Maestro X9 and Purify amps. I moved so my inwall BG Radia surrounds will be replaced by Goldenear, probably AON3, with Triton 1.Rs and a Supercenter XL or XXL. The Radia 520s served me well over 20 years but were never serious full-range speakers. I augmented with dual subs but that is adequate for movies, not so much music: the Tritons blend the subs with the mids much better than I could, minidsp magic notwithstanding.
I doubt that. (I don't use Mac but I do use Oppos.)DAC required a MacBook connection, if memory serves.
I meant a computer, of course . It couldn't be done via the player's own firmware update over the web. But it did work just fine with an external laptop.I doubt that. (I don't use Mac but I do use Oppos.)
I wonder how the OPPO 205 compares to the Topping D90SE
I doubt that. (I don't use Mac but I do use Oppos.)
OK. I have never had a problem with downloading/installing the player's own firmware upgrades over the web but, assuming that the "DAC firmware" is a reference to the driver's for to communicate with the USB Dac input, it is only logical for that to be downloaded with a PC/Mac since that runs on the PC/Mac.I meant a computer, of course . It couldn't be done via the player's own firmware update over the web. But it did work just fine with an external laptop.
OK. I have never had a problem with downloading/installing the player's own firmware upgrades over the web but, assuming that the "DAC firmware" is a reference to the driver's for to communicate with the USB Dac input, it is only logical for that to be downloaded with a PC/Mac since that runs on the PC/Mac.