It also supports scanning files for hdcd features in use to report in a list. Therefore, all the information on a hdcd disk is read and fully processed doesnt require the special pm chip and hdcds sound fantastic on wadia equipment. These are all 3rd party products, unsupported by oppo. However, a hdcd can be play back on any cd or dvd player, with or without decoding. High definition compatible digital hdcd is a proprietary audio encodedecode process that claims to provide increased dynamic range over that of standard red book audio cds, while retaining backward compatibility with existing compact disc players. Some panasonic dvd players and the oppo line of players all feature hdcd decoding.
As far as hdcd, if you have a computer you can software decode just as oppo players do all your hdcd discs to 2444. The manuals for both the 971 and 981 have no indication about the hdcd light. The oppo dv983h is the only player in our survey to provide an hdcd decoder. The reason is that wadias d to a processing is based on software decoding rather than brickwall filter chips. And since there are software programs such as db poweramp which decode hdcd when you rip the disc to a file, you could feed the 205 computer audio files already. Original owner, in like new condition and works perfectly.
Oppo dvd players with hdcd decoding avs forum home. Mar 11, 2011 first one must the rip the hdcd encoded cd using dbpoweramp cd ripper program sorry this program is windows only and in dbpoweramp under the dsp settings tab add the hdcd effect. Oppo bdp105d multiformat disc player the absolute sound. The companys attention to core product performance and strong customer focus distinguishes it from traditional consumerelectronics brands. Page 69 if your receiver is capable of hdcd decoding, it is recommended that you set the hdcd decoding setting to off on the bdp105 in order to avoid decoding hdcd twice. I called oppo and asked about hdcd decoding, and they confirmed that the 205 does not include hdcd decoding. High definition compatible digital, or hdcd, is a patented process for delivering on cd more of the richness and detail of the original microphone feed. Hdcd decoding which dac page 2 audiokarma home audio. Oppo has seen the writing on the wall regarding the decline of the optical disc. Source direct mode for users who wish to use an external video processor, highend audiovideo receiver or display, the bdp93 offers a source direct mode.
Aug 28, 2008 the search for available hardware decoding options is simply acknowledgment that there exist at this point very few options to output decoded hdcd onward to other hardware. When listening to hdcd recordings, you hear more dynamic range, a focused 3d soundstage, and more natural vocal and musical timbre. A surprising number of conventional cds in fact use hdcd encoding, even though they do. Hdcd ripping and replay general forum audiophile style.
Oppo digital dv983h universal player the absolute sound. Please set system preferences sound output to oppo usb audio device 2. Hdcd has a third parameter for transient filter, but there is nothing there to decode. Oppo bdp105 overview and full product specs on cnet. It is a tiny bit of software that has worked on every oppo bluray player so far. The hdcd process manages to encode 20 bits of audio information into a conventional cd 16bit channel, yielding a greater dynamic range and a more truetolife sound when decoded. The new oppo digital udp203 question audiogon discussion forum. Thus the bdp105d is a true media player in the most widely expressive sense of the word. My music library around 1,000 albums around 90% cd ripped of aiff files. The bdp93 can faithfully redeliver the original frames using 1080p 24hz output compatible display required for smoother motion and a flickerfree, filmlike home theater experience. A new feature of the udp205 is its jitterreduction circuit, available on the hdmi output that can transmit only digital audio signals.
Superdisc free this will make the player regionfree for dvds, but not for bluray. Hdcd decoding for hdcd encoded discs is important to me. I have a marantz cd6004 and its documentation doesnt explicitly mention hdcd decoding, so i would like to check. And softwarebased hdcd decoding doesnt seem to work correctly. The firm which offers the entire platform is winbase electronics corp. Scanning a music library for hdcd encoded tracksalbums. Coincidentally, the technology reduced playback quality on nonhdcd players albeit as the least significant bit, kind of like dolby did with compact cassettes. Aug 14, 2008 the point is however rendered moot, as oppo has now informed me that the usb input supports only compressed audio formats mp3, wma, ogg hence there is no provision for usb input decoding of hdcd. Oppo digital opdv971h overview and full product specs on cnet. I used to have this disc player and really liked it. Although i was planning on selling my 105d, i have decided to use it as a hdcd decoder.
This will prevent the occasional pop or crackle sounds that occur when hdcd is decoded twice. Microsoft discontinued the official hdcd website in 2005. Does it have the ability to scan a library music directly, folde. If pacific microsonics implemented hdcd using an ad converter that didnt sound so good then there would have been no real sonic benefit to hdcd. According to oppo, the oppo bdp105 is designed from the ground up with components optimized for enhanced analog audio performance. Naim, vincent, marantz, oppo, some of the denon even media player all support the decoding of. It is oppo s flagship bluray player or maybe it would be more accurately be described as a digital media player. What hes suggesting is ripping the hdcd with a program that can.
Or, one can step up to the berkeley audio design alpha dac that decodes hdcd up. The oppo players implement hdcd and actually allow you to turn it on and off. Since hdcd is only decoded to the analog outputs, i simply used my sound blaster xfi hd usb to capture the line output from the oppo to record in 96khz 24bit lossless format using audacity. Apr 14, 2017 nor is there support for cds encoded with hdcd, a relatively obscure enhancement that oppos bdp103 and bdp105 do decode. Christian, hdcd encoded cds are decoded by the oppo player when using its analog twochannel stereo outputs. The oppo does display hdcd on the screen for a second and there is a hdcd indicator on the front panel of the dvd player. Users can select whether to output the dsd direct stream digital signal in its native format or convert it into pcm.
In addition to 4k uhd bds, the udp205 will also play standard bds, dvds, and cds, as well as sacd and dvdaudio discs, but unlike previous oppo players, it doesnt support hdcd decoding. It is an embedded signal that is decoded to extend the bit depth. I just got the new grateful dead europe 72 complete box set and i am currently ripping it using itunes in alac. Dec 05, 2017 hdcds played thru the 205 sounded dull. Hdcd is a format that encodes 20 bits worth of dynamic range into 16 bits worth of data at the expense of raising the noise floor a bit. In january 2007, there were roughly the same number of titles available on sacd as on hdcdencoded cds. Interesting market dynamic oppo 205 udp whats best. Their products are often heavily modified by specialized audio firm like modwright or ayre but oppo is also wellknown for parallel oem development with other manufacturers which slightly if at all modify the firmware, power supply or output socketry whilst leaving the main modules. If fed stereo lpcm originating from an hdcd disc, then the hdcd decoder in the oppo can be used. Hdcd playback options for hardware decoding and digital output. Page 67 if your receiver is capable of hdcd decoding, it is recommended that you set the hdcd decoding setting to off on the bdp103 in order to avoid decoding hdcd twice. Until now, to do so required listening at home via my recently acquired oppo 971hd dvd player, which does hdcd decoding. The dac works great and i have been using it for the past year, using my oppo bdp95 as a transport.
The bdp93 supports the new bluray 3d specifications 3d television and glasses required. Several yamaha bluray players as well as emotiva cd players decode hdcd. I can switch back and forth on my vtl preamp and honestly cant hear a difference. The problem is not in the oppo nor in your receiver, but rather in the design of hdcd itself, which assumed the output of a decoding player would be via analog audio cabling. High definition compatible digital hdcd is a proprietary audio encodedecode process that. Ps audio sl three digital audio processor dac with hdcd. Oppo udp205 bluray disc player whats best audio and. Oppo has elected not to include streaming apps in the player itself.
A post regarding oppo decoding capabilities just made me wonder about. One reason oppo discontinued the 1xx series players was that mediatek, the vendor for one of the chips in the 105d, ceased production of the chip they were supplying to oppo. Illustrates dbpoweramp music converter, a windows gui program, has an hdcd dsp effect that acts as a frontend to the utility listed. That means the dv970hd can play red book cd, hdcd, dvdv, dvda, divx, kodak picture cd, wma, and, to quote oppo s press release, other digital audio and video formats. So if oppo says they output 20 bits, then that is completely reasonable and safe assumption that they are decoding and outputting the stream. On the audio side, the udp203 no longer supports internal hdcd decoding the bdp103 supports this. Hdcd playback on your computer home source components. This chip provided hdcd decoding for the 105d and all the other oppo models. If using hdmi audio output, turn hdcd decoding off in the oppo if and only. May 22, 2015 christian, hdcd encoded cds are decoded by the oppo player when using its analog twochannel stereo outputs. The sound of hdcd is in the pacific microsonics converter and not in the special bit twiddling encoding and decoding that hdcd does. May 22, 2015 it is trivial to create a digital 20 or 24 bit stream from hdcd in software dsp. My understanding is the dbpoweramp can decode translate hdcd encoded tracks whether they are wav, flac aiff etc, so i am looking at buying a copy of it.
One reason for reducing the volume on non hdcd tracks was to deal with cds that contained both hdcd and regular cd tracks. Sacd the bdp93 plays super audio cd sacd and supports both stereo and multichannel high resolution audio programs. Hdcd high definition compatible digital is a digital encoding and decoding process for compact disc and dvd audio recording. Fwiw my oppo player does not decode hdcd, but my jriver software player may benefit by the boost in bit depth.
Most of the best recent da chips dont handle hdcd decoding. A number of manufacturers offer players with hdcd capability. Hdcd is a variation of the cd audio standard that extends the audio information stored in the cd signal by 4bits cds are based on 16bit audio technology to 20bits, hdcd can extend the sonic capacity of current cd technology to new standards, but still enabling, hdcd encoded cds to be played on nonhdcd cd players nonhdcd players just. Aug 10, 2009 oppo digitals first bluray player, the bdp83 is also a universal disc player that supports sacd, dvdaudio, and hdcd playback. The windows software decoder decodes peak extend and gain. So the software decoding is decoding everything necessary. Based in the heart of silicon valley, oppo digital designs and markets high quality digital electronics that deliver style, performance, innovation, and value to av enthusiasts and savvy consumers alike. The adcom gcd750 will work with hdcd physical discs and has a digital input that i assume will decode 1644. Liao also said that theres one big gain for those of us who spend too much money on highdefinition music, as well as one loss. Assuming all 20 bits are intact in itunes and the mac is connected via usb to the new oppo bdp95 which can decode hdcd disks, will the oppo decode the hdcd content. I recall that this is because these rips are quieter than normal cds when ripped with the hdcd dsp. Oppo and cambridge audio were the last ones to support hdcd. What this does allow the program to decode the hdcd information and create a 24 bit file rather than a 16 bit file the last 4 bits are just padding the resulting.
Select the bdp105 as your sound output device by setting control panel hardware and sound sound playback to oppo usb audio device 2. Other than the oppo, i dont know of any inproduction disc players that can decode hdcd. With digital connections coaxial, optical, hdmi the external dac or preamp, or receiver needs to have a hdcd decoder in order to reproduce that hdcd metadata higher dynamic range than pcm encoded on the disc. To use high bit rate lpcm, that signal must be 720p or higher. In response it has added computeraudio capability to its formidable battery of format firepower. For the very few that have peak extension implemented decode them as a set of separate 2444.
Their hdcd implementation used to use a customized version of a mediatek chip. Aug 15, 2017 in addition to 4k uhd bds, the udp205 will also play standard bds, dvds, and cds, as well as sacd and dvdaudio discs, but unlike previous oppo players, it doesnt support hdcd decoding. They are registered in the us under the name oppo digital inc. To order a firmware installation dvd official release only for oppo bluray players, click here. All about the cd, hdcd, and sacd audio disc formats.
The interesting thing is, i cant tell the difference between the oppo cd player and the sl three using the oppo as a transport. The choices oppo made in dropping hdcd decoding and direct access to streaming services were probably market driven. Hdcd decoding, onscreen display, progressive scanning. Virtually any nonboutique disc player, including ps3s, will decode hdcd, but the format is obsolete.
For the bdp93s marvell qdeo kg2 processor, we can program it to any output. Oppo digital udp 205 disc player audiophile audition. Hdcd playback options for hardware decoding and digital. This component automatically decodes hdcd streams contained in several supported lossless containers, including. List of hdcd compatible players steve hoffman music forums. Oppo digital udp205 4k ultra hd universal bd player. I have many hdcds and they sound great but i could not say whether there is a real sound improvement versus normal cd and i could not find any comparison. Or, one can step up to the berkeley audio design alpha dac that decodes hdcd up to 24192. Im looking for a relatively simple way to decode these tracks for playback. The discussion arose as to wether when i play the file back if the hdcd decoding is maintained when ripping in this manner. Admittedly, most disc players dont offer either feature, but the bdp105 does have a headphone output. Hdcd is a betterthan cdquality disc format that can play on normal cd players, but that requires a dedicated hdcd decoder for optimal performance. Compatible with audio cd, hdcd, wma, kodak picture cd, and other digital audiovideopicture media and formats note.
This is a defendable position, given the rapid changes in the streaming video market and the low prices of suitable outboard devices from roku, apple tv, and others. Sep 10, 2015 i would recommend oppo, but thats probably too low brow to be considered. Nov 29, 2016 the new oppo digital udp203 question hi. A sacd can be singlelayer or duallayer, commonly known as a hybrid sacd. Note that as with all hdmi, audio can only be carried embedded in a video signal which can be a black image. They do have a solutionif i wanted to decode hdcd, i could use a separate decoder. To request a firmware installation cd official release only for oppo bluray players, click here.
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