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  1. Issue looks to have been corrected and both albums play normally (both at 96K / 24 bit). Thanks!
  2. Yes, with The Dark Side of the Moon. This album has been released at 96K / 24 bit (thought to be the same 2011 remastering as released on Blu Ray in the Immersion box sets), whereas A Foot in the Door is available in 192K / 24 bit, as are many of the other studio albums. It’s a shame, as the hi res versions sound great on my headphone rig. At least with Dark Side… I have the FLAC rips from the Immersion box.
  3. It is definitely present in the UK. Given that the same issue affects Apple Music UK it may be a case of different record companies in different territories. Certainly, there are lots of reports of people purchasing downloads via Qobuz ending up with the same issue, whereas people who have bought downloads via HDTracks haven’t been affected. It’s a real issue; I have at least two CD versions of each album ripped to FLAC to compare against.
  4. Qobuz UK music library issue: Pink Floyd have recently released their catalogues in Hi Res to all the major streaming platforms and download sites. Two albums ("The Wall" and "The Dark Side of The Moon") have had tracks from the compilation "A Foot in the Door" inserted in place of the original album tracks. As the fades between the tracks on the compilation version differ, as do the volume levels, it rather messes up the flow of the albums. Examples: 1. The Wall: listen to the transition between "Another Brick in the Wall" and "Happiest Days of Our Lives". The first couple of seconds of the latter track feature the bassline of the song "See Emily Play", which precedes it on the compilation. 2. The Dark Side of the Moon: listen to the transition between "Money" and "Us and Them". The closing bars of "Money" are repeated. Apple Music in the UK has the same problem, so I am guessing you have had the wrong files supplied. Edit: The tracks from the compilation are also in 192K / 24 bit, whereas the original album tracks are 96K / 24 bit, so I get a gap while my DAC switches sample rate. I can fix that by setting the Qobuz app to a maximum 96K / 24 bit, but i'd sooner just have the right tracks so the album plays as intended.
  5. Unless the Cambridge Audio players are still in production, probably not, as the Oppo 103/5 family have been superseded by the 203/5 family which have not been hacked (yet). There are still a few of these new on the market. I bought mine a few weeks ago. I don't know how many old PS3s with SACD capability were sold vs. hackable BD players, but I suppose the Oppo machines should be serviceable for a good few years yet, the only risk being that a firmware update blocks the hack.
  6. This happened to me because I initially just put the three files in the root of the USB drive; the files AutoScript, AutoScript.TSS and sacd_extract need to be in a folder entitled AutoScript. As soon as I did that the Oppo drawer opened when I inserted the USB drive. The port number should be 2002, and the IP address should not contain extra zeroes, I.e. Put 10.0.1.98 rather than 10.00.01.98.
  7. Long time lurker, never really posted before, but just adding to the thanks for disseminating the Oppo method. New Oppo 103D with latest official (not beta) firmware. Ripped all 34 of my SACDs as ISOs using an elderly MacBook, all converted to .dsf files using the Windows ISO2DSD (which as others have noted is blindingly quick in comparison to the OS X version and uses a newer version of SACD_extract). Initial results are that I have perfect gapless playback working using the following setups: 1. MacBook Pro 2009 running El Capitan, Decibel for playback, Oppo HA2 via Oppo PM3 headphones (DSD over PCM enabled, equalizer disabled as it causes loud white noise). 2. iPhone 7 fully updated, Onkyo HF Player, Oppo HA2 via Oppo PM3 headphones (with DSD over PCM enabled the Onkyo app confirms that 2.8MHz DSD is being output to the DAC). Whether a rip of the 2003 SACD of Dark Side of the Moon in DSD is better than the 96K / 24 bit FLAC rip from the Immersion box set is an argument for another day and thread, but many thanks for the method; some of my SACDs like Kraftwerk's Minimum Maximum would be expensive to replace, so keeping multiple backups of the ISOs is a good thing.
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