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-- From my uderstanding (extensive reading), the Oppo BDP-105 has also the same two 8-channel DACs, the ESS Sabre32 Reference ES9018 DAC chips, as in the BDP-95.
BUT! The implementation is a little different this time around.
In both the 95 and 105, one DAC (8-ch.) is used for the multichannel analog out (7.1 channel).
In the 95, the second ESS DAC (8-ch.) is used strictly for the analog stereo out (both balanced and unbalanced; XLR & RCA), and is configured by stacking four DACs per each channel (4 for the Left ch., and 4 for the Right ch.), for a fully balanced output through the XLR connections (4+4).
But in the 105, this second DAC is used half for the analog balanced and unbalanced out, and the other half for the headphone out. ...Or more exactly 2+2 (two DACs for the Left, and two DACs for the right ch., and the same (2+2) for the headphone out.
In real world listening I'm not sure if one would be able to distinguish from these two players.
But I just thought mentioning it anyway.
Here's a link that stipulates this fact (1st post): http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digi...5-discussions-upgrading-mods.html#post3222646
-- From my uderstanding (extensive reading), the Oppo BDP-105 has also the same two 8-channel DACs, the ESS Sabre32 Reference ES9018 DAC chips, as in the BDP-95.
BUT! The implementation is a little different this time around.
In both the 95 and 105, one DAC (8-ch.) is used for the multichannel analog out (7.1 channel).
In the 95, the second ESS DAC (8-ch.) is used strictly for the analog stereo out (both balanced and unbalanced; XLR & RCA), and is configured by stacking four DACs per each channel (4 for the Left ch., and 4 for the Right ch.), for a fully balanced output through the XLR connections (4+4).
But in the 105, this second DAC is used half for the analog balanced and unbalanced out, and the other half for the headphone out. ...Or more exactly 2+2 (two DACs for the Left, and two DACs for the right ch., and the same (2+2) for the headphone out.
In real world listening I'm not sure if one would be able to distinguish from these two players.
But I just thought mentioning it anyway.
Here's a link that stipulates this fact (1st post): http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digi...5-discussions-upgrading-mods.html#post3222646
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