Compared to the built-in headphone amplifier in our previous generation BDP-105/105D players, the new design offers more power and higher performance.
The headphone amplifier is connected directly to the ESS SABRE PRO DAC and offers a unique performance advantage over standalone headphone amplifiers. For a more intimate listening experience, headphones can be connected directly to the UDP-205’s built-in headphone amplifier. By transmitting a pair of differential signals, the balanced output provides better common-mode noise rejection and improves signal quality. The balanced output features a true differential signal path all the way from the DAC to the 3-pin XLR connector. It provides both XLR balanced and RCA single-ended connectors.
The stereo audio output is powered by a dedicated ES9038PRO DAC chip and specially designed buffer and driver stages. Stereo listening accounts for a large part of audiophile usage of a universal player, and that is why the UDP-205 offers a dedicated stereo output in addition to its 7.1-channel analog audio output. For the analog output stages, the UDP-205 utilizes two ES9038PRO DACs, which are the flagship of the ESS Sabre Pro series, delivering best-in-class audio performance. The UDP-205 provides reference level sound quality through the analog outputs, improves the clock precision of the HDMI audio output, and increases the power of the built-in headphone amplifier.
The audio performance of the OPPO UDP-205 is a significant upgrade over the UDP-203 and previous generation players. The OPPO UDP-205 carries many of the same features as the UDP-203: playback of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, regular Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, SACD, Audio CD and many other formats High Dynamic Range (HDR10) and firmware upgradable to Dolby Vision dual HDMI outputs – HDMI 2.0 for UHD and HDMI 1.4 for audio and an HDMI 2.0 input port for external streaming devices or set-top boxes. A step-up version of the recently released UDP-203, the UDP-205 brings top-of-the-line audio performance to a universal player that supports 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and many other digital audio and video formats. MENLO PARK, California – Ap– OPPO Digital announced that its UDP-205 4K Ultra HD Audiophile Blu-ray Disc player is available for purchase. Please let me know if anyone has solved this and if its worth it (i.e.4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Player Gets an Audio Performance Boost
Also i don't have a screen to plug the mac mini into so I don't think i can set it up/control it I am not a tech guy and I am concerned it is difficult to get a mac mini set up to do this. It isn't that easy - I can't find a <$1,000 streamer that i can control via an Ipad that will unfold MQA and has a USB out to plug into the Oppo 205 other than a used Mac Mini My hope was the streamer would "unfold" the MQA music and i would plug this streamer into the Oppo's USB port and I then have MQA capability So I thought it would be easy to find a streamer that i could control via my Ipad as i do now. It turns out (as most of you know now that i have studied these forums) i need a streamer to "unfold" the MQA because the Oppo 205 does NOT "unfold" MQA through the Ethernet connection, rather the Oppo can only "unfold" the MQA through the USB I have been listening to this setup since i retired for over a year now and I LOVE IT - amazing sound and very easy to use.Īll the while I thought I have been listening to MQA quality. (5) My 611 amps feed to my 803D3 speakers. (4) The PS Audio then feeds my 611 amps through (3) My Oppo 205 is connected to a PS Audio BHK Signature Preamp via Right/Left XLR Cables. (2) The ipad Roon App plays Tidal music and controls the songs and volume on my Oppo 205 via ethernet (they are all on the same network) (1) Using an ipad to control the Roon App. Here is my current setup which is only used for two channel audio.