Thiel Owners

@jafant

My current virtual system:

Amp:  Parasound A21

Preamp: Parasound JC2BP (previously Parasound P6)

Speakers: Thiel CS2.4 with outriggers and IsoAcoustic Gaia III feet (Rebuilt drivers - in middle of SE mod from Gary at CSS)(Previous Thiel CS2.2’s and then CS2.3’s for sale soon)

Cables: Kimber TC8 speaker cables, Kimber Hero XLRs for IC’s

Sources:

Linn LP12 (Greenstreet Keel clone, Ekos2, Lingo 4, Kendo cartridge)

Parasound JC3 Jr. Phono Preamp

PS Audio DirectStream Jr.

Oppo BD103D modded with i2s board to connect with DS Jr.

Roon

I hope the forum will forgive me for going off “Thiel” topic, but @wisinskt could you elaborate on your Oppo is2 board mod to Roon?

@unsound, the mod isn’t so much to Roon as it is to the Oppo BD-103D SACD/Bluray player to the DS Jr.  Oppomod.com makes a board that highjacks the internal oppo DSD stream and sends out the DSD stream directly to the DS Jr. (or whatever DAC you have that has an i2s input).  Forgive me is you are familiar with i2s, but for those that might not be familiar - this is something that PS Audio came up with a few years back in their gear so that they didn’t have to use the PCM stream from their transports to thier DAC’s.  It transports the direct digital stream to the DAC via an HDMI cable (This is my understanding but feel free to correct me).  If anyone wants more instruction doing this email me @[email protected] - more than happy to help - I have no affiliation with oppomod - simply bought the board from them.  Hope this was helpful.

@wisinskt , Can you rip from the Oppo to Roon with this mod?

@unsound, oh funny you should ask...

You don't need this mod to rip to DSD (and ultimately to Roon).  Here's the how-to (Oddly the Oppo's are listed as one of the players to use - but you can do this with some $50 ebay sony models too):

https://www.psaudio.com/blogs/copper/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-sacd-ripping-and-dsd-extraction?srsltid=AfmBOoqDp6VLlLrt2N8GN4el47OKvpX2F3bGO4KTv4VPGU7TRFniUb8z