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Old 07-11-2022, 12:17 PM
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Old 10-05-2022, 10:22 AM
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Hi

I received my C2700 yesterday and I am very impressed with the quality of the audio and its Dac. Really wonderful.

I have a doubt and I ask for help.
I have an Oppo 105 and I would like to play the DSD audio directly on the C2700's Dac to enjoy the best audio quality.

However, I connect the Oppo HDMI cable to the C2700 and no sound comes out.

Can anyone help me, because I can't get the sound to C2700 through the HDMI cable?

Thank you very much.

Alexandre



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Terrific choice! A 21st century component, well designed and thought out.

I love the old-school FM tuner interface. Very cool stuff.
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Congrats on the C2700. I have one too and love it.

I have a couple different ways to stream.

1) Roon Nucleus -> USB ->C2700 DA2
2) Roon Nucleus -> Bricasti M3 Ethernet ->balanced -> C2700 balanced
3) Naim ND5 XS2 ->SPDIF -> Bricasti M3 -> balanced -> C2700 balanced

There are more combinations possible but will leave it at that.

They all sound great. Let me just say that the DA2 DAC is very good. For obvious reasons there aren’t reviews I know of of the DA2. I would have no issues recommending it. I spent considerable time comparing all this with both amp+Speakers and focal stellia on the C2700.

The Bricasti DAC has a more clarity, instrument separation and clearer sound stage to me with PCM. DSD is a wash to me, but I don’t care I have little DSD. I prefer the M3 to the DA2 especially with headphones. 2) And 3) sound the same to me.

To me DAC makes a major difference. How I get the bits to the DAC, Naim vs just nucleus , makes no difference I can hear.
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Old 10-05-2022, 02:32 PM
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Hi

I received my C2700 yesterday and I am very impressed with the quality of the audio and its Dac. Really wonderful.

I have a doubt and I ask for help.
I have an Oppo 105 and I would like to play the DSD audio directly on the C2700's Dac to enjoy the best audio quality.

However, I connect the Oppo HDMI cable to the C2700 and no sound comes out.

Can anyone help me, because I can't get the sound to C2700 through the HDMI cable?

Thank you very much.

Alexandre
I attempted the same thing with an Oppo 205 and got the same results as you. I was told the HDMI was for ARC use from a TV. I never pursued the issue any further.
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Old 10-05-2022, 03:17 PM
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Agree with Doug

The HDMI input on the digital monitor is there to receive ARC signals from an appropriate ARC output of a TV. No DSD in other words.

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I attempted the same thing with an Oppo 205 and got the same results as you. I was told the HDMI was for ARC use from a TV. I never pursued the issue any further.
Hi Doug - re: the OPPO 205 (I have one), you can get DSD output from the OPPO over HDMI ('HDMI Audio Only' connection) - the manual has details (see the Audio Reference section).

Is that what you wanted??
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Old 10-06-2022, 07:26 AM
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Hi Doug - re: the OPPO 205 (I have one), you can get DSD output from the OPPO over HDMI ('HDMI Audio Only' connection) - the manual has details (see the Audio Reference section).

Is that what you wanted??
You are correct about the Oppo having the ability to outputting DSD but the DAC2 never recognized it. I believe this would be a violation of the HDCP protocol.

It's sad the limitations / frustrations we as users go through because of some unscrupulous individuals believing their rights supersede any copyright infringement laws. It's the "I want it so I'm going to take it." attitude in today society. I'll get off my soapbox now.
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McIntosh C2700, (2X)MC601, MEN220 Lampizator Baltic 3
Sonore opticalRendu, SGC sonicTransporter i5 (Gen 3), Roon Thorens TT TD318
B&W 803D3 JL Audio (2x)f110v2
Shunyata Denali/S v2, Alpha v2 PCs, WW Gold/Silver Eclipse Interconnects, Platinum USB

Whole House Music Listening
Bluesound Vault2i, PowerNode2, PulseMini2i, Pulse2, (3x)Flex
5.2 System Above using Passthru
Marantz SR7012
Oppo 205, Apple TV (4th gen), Sony XBR850e65
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LRC Paradigm Millenia 20, Velodyne MiniVee 10, KEF surrounds, DefTech AW6500
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