Strange DAP / DAC Foepoe UD951C - DSD Multichannel support?

[auroraaudio]

Hi. I am a new member who thought he would add his experience with multichannel DSD recordings to the discussion.

I have owned an Oppo BDP-103 universal optical disc / flash drive / external portable USB hard drive player for a number of years. Although I have an extensive SACD collection, most of my listening is done using multichannel (and stereo) DSD files I've "ripped" to my pc's hard drive and then transferred to a portable 5gb usb hard drive connected to the Oppo. Not only is having music stored on an external hard drive very convenient in terms of accessing musical content, it means that I'm saving wear and tear on the Oppo's laser assembly. An added bonus of my setup is that my Yamaha AVR is capable of receiving an unconverted DSD signal output over HDMI from the Oppo which I understand is not a common feature of AVRs.

Unfortunately there is a limitation owing to my use of the Oppo: it can only handle decoding DSD 64 and 24/192 PCM signals. What landed me on this site today is my ongoing search for a higher resolution DAC which can display the contents of a cinnected flash / external hard drive either by outputting it over HDMI to an external display or by means of a built in display. If anyone has a suggestion in the regard it would be gratefully received.

P.S. The program I use to "rip" my SACDs is called SACDExtractGUI. It is available from of charge. All of my ripping is confined to discs I own.
P.P.S. Although Oppo has ceased business, their customer support remains outstanding!

 

[auroraaudio]

1. Get a PC.
2. Add Jriver
3. Find a used Topping DM7

Hi Kal. Do you know of a DAC which can output multichannel DSD recordings contained on a USB thumb drive over HDMI? My Oppo BDP-103 DAP has the capability but is limited to DSD 64 or 24/192 PCM. Thanks.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

As you require multichannel capabilities

Hi Kal. Do you know of a DAC which can output multichannel DSD recordings contained on a USB thumb drive over HDMI? My Oppo BDP-103 DAP has the capability but is limited to DSD 64 or 24/192 PCM. Thanks.

What I suggested above will work as most PCs today have USB ports. OTOH, none have HDMI outputs that support DSD.

 

[meee]

Hello, I have been using an RH-899x as described further up this post.
I use a PC with HDMI out into the DAC And then the return HDMI into a monitor. There is a toslink from the TV box and various other peripherals. I have another PC with a pcm coax. Output primarily for redundancy. Left and right channels feeding into a QUAD 44 that has been extensively modernised And that feeds to QUAD 405RM that are vertically bi- amped . The Centre Channel is a home-made active speaker system. Using an extron Power amp converted to mono and surrounds by a lovely old Sony ta-ax2. This is further fed into another extron stereo power amp to boost the rears. Also, there is a lf bass speaker To control and balance all this I use four stereo volume controls Left and right front, Centre, rear surrounds and bass.
The mods to the quads mean there is silence during running; no hiss or hum. My main speakers are B&W matrix threes.
Using the PC / foobar2000 to play DSD iso files or multi channel Flac files I am more than impressed. The sound is nothing short of stupendous. The sound is crystal clear there is zero distortion it sounds warm luxurious involving very three dimensional. It is impossible to tell where the sound is actually coming from because the stage is so wide it is perfectly possible to place the instruments exactly as they are. It is so revealing, for example when listening to the song remains the same you can literally hear the floor where John Bonham drums are sitting on vibrating.
I have a large SD DSd collection and thoroughly enjoyed the immersive experience from these recordings. I have no one favourite but lots of Billy Cobham, war of the worlds, the Beatles Abbey Road The Moody Blues and jean Michelle jarre and tubular bells all explode with absolute incredible multichannel vitality. All from this little box the RH899X.. Even my brother who is critical said it would not sound better had you spent £20,000 on this system. The RH899X is very versatile, has many inputs. HDMI coax toslink analog so card usb etc. The remote controls the volume and the inputs. If it was trash, I would’ve canned it long ago. Occasionally I search for a more mainstream device which is how I found this forum and without spending thousands or making sacrifices on inputs yet to find anything. Realistically, there’s no reason to replace the RX899. Purists may it’s not pure DSD it’s dsd converted to pcm or whatever but I use my ears. I invite anyone to come and listen to what I’m hearing and criticise so for £150. This box does the job.

Hello! The bluetooth connection of the RH-899x is alwasy active(it is seen by a phone's bluetooh for example) even the input is optical or usb, or just when bluetooth is selected as input?