mcdonalk
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I currently use an Oppo BDP-105D for playing discs and streaming from NAS. I have, for some time (since I originally purchased the device new, for example), been unhappy with aspects of the sound which I attribute to the Oppo DAC, since it sounded inferior, in some ways, to the 20-year old Proceed DAP (DAC) which was among the components which the 105D replaced. On this forum, I became aware of the Topping D90 and became intrigued as a possible replacement for the Oppo DAC. I plan on connecting the Oppo digital output to the D90 via SPDIF coax, of course, but then there's the matter of DSD. (Hopefully, the D90 will sound better than the 105D.)
As far as I am can tell, the 105D only outputs DSD digitally via HDMI. A few DAC vendors (e.g. Bryston) include HDMI interfaces on their DACs for just such applications. Topping does not, and I don't fault them for this of course, the D90 being much less expensive. However, short of acquiring a relatively expensive streaming device that outputs DSD to USB, is there any such thing as a device that converts HDMI audio to USB, which I could presumably use to stream DSD files from the 105D to the D90 via USB? (With all due respect, please don't suggest "a computer." I don't want to locate a computer on my AV shelves at this time; maybe as a last resort.)
As far as I am can tell, the 105D only outputs DSD digitally via HDMI. A few DAC vendors (e.g. Bryston) include HDMI interfaces on their DACs for just such applications. Topping does not, and I don't fault them for this of course, the D90 being much less expensive. However, short of acquiring a relatively expensive streaming device that outputs DSD to USB, is there any such thing as a device that converts HDMI audio to USB, which I could presumably use to stream DSD files from the 105D to the D90 via USB? (With all due respect, please don't suggest "a computer." I don't want to locate a computer on my AV shelves at this time; maybe as a last resort.)