More HDMI schennanigans
Need a short but good quality HDMI for i2s duties between the Oppo and my Dac.
Took a punt on one of these from Amazon for 15 quid.
Using the one that came with the Oppo but its 6 foot long and not ideal for i2s, this ones 50cm and "Triple shielded" (apparently)
18GBS 4K Premium certified and all good stuff, so see how it turns out.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thinking to DIY one as well, chuck in a bunch of silver wire in Teflon as short as possible, see what happens.
Could be a good wee cable project but will try this one too.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables