Premium modded 105D replaced his Bel Canto
The sound stage is deeper, the music has a lot more resolution, voices are clearer too.
The sound stage is deeper, the music has a lot more resolution, voices are clearer too.
This subsequent review was actually based on 2 Oppo player level mod from us. The first part of the review is based on our Premium mod for digital section on Oppo 105D (Linear Power Supplies, and Low jitter clock for digital section only). It does not contains any direct mods to the analog section to the Oppo (for the RCA and XLR output). Even so the improvement to the digital and analog output of the player is substantial.
I switch to the same music I was listening before and wow! I could immediately hear the digitalnoise being eliminated. Background instruments become more layered. Overall, the instruments and voice became cleaner than before. There is better soundstage than before. I must say this power con is doing justice to my current setup and I bought the entire set in the end.
The Oppo is running brilliantly. I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that I made the effort to contact you and pick up your amazing product.
I'm just setting her (signature mod mytek DAC) up now, so I'll put some time on her. So far the image depth and clarity is much better with more clean background :)
Tested out my new Premium Modded Mytek DAC with External Power supply. Definitely after the mods it has more details and wider soundstage.
Finally I managed to spend some time testing the modded BBE with some of my fav tracks. I play Heifetz's Tschaikovsky Violin Concerto, which is one of the faster versions of the concerto, and right away I noticed pace and momentum of Heifetz's violin is exercised with more precision and details. The overall sound with BBE on is transparent and dynamic yet polished.
The power supply increase the resolution n listening to music more live like. Listening to nirvana unplugged sound much better, going dig in more songs n movies.
With all honesty, I have been a sceptic on the quality of video of Oppo players although they are highly regarded in the audiophile arena. Not to
mention a modded Oppo player for a better PQ.
Now that I am convinced..I can't wait to lay my hands on one of these upgraded Oppo 103D by James from Sound Affairs.
Would like to chip in with regards to MySoundAffairs mod. I went ahead with the full fledged with external power supply mod. In short, it's not magic but the sound quality really went from excellent to state-of-the-art in my opinion.