Redbeemer

I just checked the Oppo Support site and it appears the 103 and 103D share the same firmware with the latest being issued on Jan. 23, 2017 for both players.

You state above that you "only use the Oppo occasionally as a DISK TRANSPORT...". This implies that you are sending the audio out of the player via either a Toslink or coaxial spdif cable to your preamp. If so, the Oppo will NOT play any audio from your SACD's due to DRM restrictions from Sony, but will allow you to play other audio such as cd's. Try removing the digital cable and hooking the Oppo up with an analog rca cable and then see if that same SACD plays.

I assume that you didn't change the Oppo to the same IP address you used with your old router? Every router comes with a range of IP addresses which it uses to assign to the devices connected to it. I ran into a similar problem many years ago when I switched from another brand of router to my first Asus router and wasn't able to find one of my devices that I knew was attached to my network and which I had always been able to find previously. So your new router may not recognize the address you assigned to your Oppo. Is the address you gave to the Oppo a fixed (static) address or did the router's DCHP give it the address?

Although the other members have been very helpful in showing you other players which can perform the SACD ripping, I thought I would mention that Oppo Support/Service is still providing both warranty and non-warranty service on all Oppo players. I sent my 93 back for repair and paid a flat $75, including return shipping for the repair. They installed a complete new optical drive in my unit and my unit was returned very quickly to me (turns out the Oppo was fine, but they installed the new optical drive anyway since I had already paid to ship it to them; my bad, I didn't check my hdmi cable). So if your Oppo dies in the near future, you can probably get it put back to "factory fresh" condition for a nominal fee. Of course, I have no idea how long Oppo will continue to provide service since they no longer sell any new products.

Kal: that's one of the many perks of being a reviewer! :)

Glad to hear that you got it all sorted out. This a great benefit to audiophiles and something I had been wanting to do ever since SACD's were introduced. It will be interesting to see if things change since I have heard that Sony's copyright for SACD expires next year. It would be great if SACD players could output DSD files over their Toslink or coaxial digital outputs as it would allow users to connect to the DAC of their choice without the downsampling that occurs with sending PCM over HDMI on most players now.

Yes, you need both folders, but the Autoscript is what goes on the USB thumb drive and the sacd_extract goes on your computer as it contains the executable file to begin the rip and communicate with the Oppo player and is also where your DSD files will be when the rip is complete.

I did not have to do this with my Oppo. I turned it on and waited for it to finish booting up and the display to remain constant and then inserted the USB stick and the tray immediately opened. I ripped my entire collection this way via WiFi; each disk took about 20 minutes to rip, but remember, these are very large files, so not like ripping a CD.

I have used both my Oppo 103D and my Oppo 105 to rip all of my SACD's to DSD via the iso2dsd method. The only problems I had at first were not entering the port number (because I didn't know it - 2002) and then I had an old, defective USB stick which wouldn't work. Once I got the port entered correctly and a good Sandisk USB stick, it was easy as pie. My Oppos are not connected via Ethernet; both work just fine ripping over my WiFi network; just make sure you have the correct IP address for your Oppo entered into the iso2dsd interface. Good luck!

No, I have an Oppo BDP-103D with the latest firmware and I used it to rip all of my SACD's to DSD without any problem.

No, all SACD's that I am aware of are DSD64 or 2.8 MHz/1 bit.

My understanding is that even in professional recording studios, engineers who record in DSD usually have to convert the DSD files to PCM (DXD) when editing/mixing, etc. Those who have the Sony (?) Sonoma Workstation may be able to skip this conversion, but I suspect that device is expensive and many studios don't have one. That is why I have seen some reviewers who will not recommend a digital download in the DSD format, especially if the original master is PCM or visa versa. I have also seen reviewers who will like a particular album, but not recommend the vinyl if the original is mastered digitally.

I think that the NAD devices will only handle PCM audio, so you would need to change the settings in the Oppo to send out PCM. The "problem" with that is that, if I recall correctly, the Oppo will downsample the DSD to 88.2 PCM, so you wouldn't be getting the full benefit of the DSD resolution. I have a number of older Denon receivers and a Marantz pre-pro which will handle bitstream DSD files via HDMI input from the Oppo. You could probably pick up one of these used receivers at a reasonable price. As for your size concerns, most of the Denon/Marantz boxes are fairly large, so you might need to look at one of the "Slim Line" Marantz receivers which are available new for as low as $399 for the 5 channel version or $499 for the 7 channel version (they are essentially the same except for the additional channels).

Although it is a bit unusual for a DAC to handle 24/192, but not 176.4, I actually own a DAC that does exactly that, much to my chagrin. I didn't realize this until after I purchased it and downloaded an album in 176.4 and it wouldn't play. I hope that is just an oversight on the marketing dept. and not the actual limitation of the DAC. I would still recommend you rip to 176.4, even if your DAC won't handle it since you can set JRiver to change resolutions for each individual resolution. So you could leave every resolution to play at its native sampling rate, but set 176.4 to play at 192 or perhaps 88.2 since this is an even multiple of the basic frequency of single rate DSD.

Whichever program you use, I suggest you convert your DSD files to 176.4 flac rather than 192 flac as DSD is based on the 44.1 clock and single rate DSD is an even multiple of 44.1, so when downconverting to 176.4, it is an even multiple of 44.1 and 2.8 MHz DSD. It is normally preferable when downconverting, to do so as an even integer or fraction thereof.