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Industry Circles => ModWright Instruments (MWI) => Topic started by: ajayrav on 11 Jan 2014, 04:50 pm

Title: Hooking up a hard drive to the Modwright Oppo BDP-105
Post by: ajayrav on 11 Jan 2014, 04:50 pm
I've got a Western digital My Passport hard drive hooked up to my Modwright Oppo BDP-105.  It is connected by a generic USB cable, which I believe is fine, since I am not connecting to the USB DAC.  Is that true, or would upgrading the USB cable make any difference in this case?

Thanks,
Ajay
Title: Re: Hooking up a hard drive to the Modwright Oppo BDP-105
Post by: Austin08 on 11 Jan 2014, 04:55 pm
Oppo 105 is your usb dac.
Title: Re: Hooking up a hard drive to the Modwright Oppo BDP-105
Post by: ajayrav on 11 Jan 2014, 05:01 pm
Oppo 105 is your usb dac.

I thought in my case I was bypassing the asynchronous USB in, as opposed to connecting my computer USB out to the Oppo.  Is that not correct?

Ajay
Title: Re: Hooking up a hard drive to the Modwright Oppo BDP-105
Post by: Austin08 on 11 Jan 2014, 05:05 pm
If you use Oppo's analog out then you use its dac. It does not mater the source is from discs, hdd or network.
Title: Re: Hooking up a hard drive to the Modwright Oppo BDP-105
Post by: ajayrav on 11 Jan 2014, 05:08 pm
So you are saying that the USB cable will make a difference then, right?

Thanks,
Ajay
Title: Re: Hooking up a hard drive to the Modwright Oppo BDP-105
Post by: Austin08 on 11 Jan 2014, 05:16 pm
You have an excellent Oppo Modwright 105 then why not using its DAC via Asyn usb (the best connection on this player) It is up to you to try a "better" usb cable. I am using Silnote Poisedon silver statement usb cable and very happy with the result.
Title: Re: Hooking up a hard drive to the Modwright Oppo BDP-105
Post by: Ern Dog on 11 Jan 2014, 06:07 pm
So you are saying that the USB cable will make a difference then, right?

Thanks,
Ajay

You bet it will. Get a nice one.