
lovinthehd
Audioholic Jedi
Different is possible, and the biggest reason is generally slightly different levels (we humans tend to prefer something that's a bit louder). DAC is the decoder chip (to turn digital into analog). While the 205 indeed has a fine dac, on its own it's not going to be audibly different from another generally. DAC differences are often measurable, but not likely an audible difference with few exceptions. Just what are the differences you perceive? Have you tried a blinded test, even a simple one? Why would it pick out sacds particularly? Or music? Then make movies sound fine when often movie soundtracks are more demanding?Well I have connected set up the DVD input on the AVR to take the audio from the Analog input and it is different, I suspect it's not just the DAC in the Oppo but also the decoder chip that Oppo have used, I have found it is better for SACD disks and mainly music but not movies.
I spent a huge amount of time getting speaker positions just right to get a really good sound stage and it is far better in my current home that the last one as it had far too much glass and hard wood floors.
ps You used the dvd inputs on avr with digital output or analog output from the Oppo?