Thiel Owners

@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

@wisinskt , I’m led to believe that while that might be possible with the Oppo 100 series Oppo’s, it’s not possible with the later (last) Oppo 200 series .

@unsound, if you are talking about ripping, you may be right as it’s not specifically mentioned in that post and from what I read, oppo "fixed the glitch" with the 203 and later.  The security "flaw" existed in the MediaTek chipset.  Having said that, if you are set on ripping DSD you can find one of the Sony’s on ebay for $50.

If you are talking about getting the i2s board, the oppo 203 is one of the supported decks and worth doing if you have PS Audio/Denafrips/Other gear that supports it as the only alternative from the oppo deck is line out - not even SPDIF to DAC.

Also, this only works if you are listening through Thiel speakers (wink, wink)