j-malotky

It is times like this when I find comfort in the FACT that we are all eternal beings who temporarily inhabit this earthly body You and Your family will be in my families prayers. JM

I would run PVC conduit as much as you can. You can then repull new speaker wire or telco wires as they change over the decades. JM

Good luck on your search. If you are just looking for basic read and dump of BR playback the low end units will work. What the Oppo is best at is 4x upscaling and processing. Yes the low end players have a clear picture but the Oppo adds much more subtile color details in the playback. Honesly, I have retired 3 Sony players, a Dennon, a Toshiba and a Samsung. Nothing has come close to what my Oppo can produce. I am really having a hard time believing you are not having some sort of technical dificulty with maybe a bad HDMI cable or maybe your projectors scaler has malfunctioned.

The Oppo has more options than any other player. It is not a plug and play system. You can tell it what version of hdmi standard to transmit, you can force it to send signals in any odd ball native resolutions and refresh rates. In my case, I have a really old 1080P projector. The player I used that was made at the same time period of my projector worked great. My problems were that I could not get any NEW BluRay players to work properly with my OLD projector. The Oppo and all of its features let me dial in the Oppo output to match my projectors input. I think you need to learn the capabilities of your projector, then dial in the Oppo. All the new BluRay Players are made to work with brand new TV sets. The other huge problem is all the changes in the HDMI standards. Modern HDMI is 2 way communications. You need to turn all that 2 way crap off when plugged into older TV's and Projectors. JM

I am assuming it is a NO GO since it is almost May. My June is almost already booked solid too. JM

Gil, That last post is truly disgusting. I really hope these people never get out of jail. JM

Glenn Runlevel 3 "multiuser mode" is a great old school feature. Just a warning, Sometimes you have to watch how applications are installed. I have seen some that launch as you pass through runlevel 4 and 5. But there in lies the beauty of Unix. As you go up and down the run levels, the /etc/inittab files tell the exact order you want your applications to come up and shut down. This is a lot better than the Windoze free for all. JM

Lets set something up with Damon Payne and Scotty (Boomac) [] JM

The Audio DACs on the 105 are extremely Impressive. I already had a very good 32 bit DAC I use to use for 2CH and I prefer the detail clerity of the 105. I originally brought the 105 for HT and the added bonus of the 2CH ability makes me one extremely happy camper. I live in the Milwaukee WI area and if anyone would like to listen or watch the Oppo before you buy, shoot me a PM. JM

I love my 105. For everthing this box can do it is a STEAL at its price. I bought it for HT, but I have been VERY impressed with 2 CH listening too. Regular Redbook CDs sound awesone. It can stream media right off my home file server. The sound it superb. You also can use it for offboard Video and Audio processing as it has HDMI, Toslink, SPDIF and USB inputs. Since I can stream right off my server, I have not had a reason to use the imputs yet. The 105 can make youtube vids look like BluRay. Congrats on your purchase. I LOVE MY 10. You will too. JM

Love it JM

My sister has a story that I can share. My sister left her house to go “somewhere” a few minuets before my 17-year-old nephew (her son) was leaving to go to practice. A few miles down the road, she realized she forgot something, turned around and headed back home. On her way back, she thought to herself that is was odd that she did not pass her son who should have left the house already. She then came up onto an accident scene and to her horror; there was his car, off the road down a steep hilly slope and was smashed into a tree!!! Any mother’s worst fear!! She had arrived at the scene at about the same time the police arrived, no ambulances yet, and there were one or two other civilians on their way down to the stranded car below. Her son was still in the car. As she left her car, totally in a state of panic, she was approached by a man that she described as a mid 60 year old, balding and slightly overweight in a t-shirt and shorts. He put his arm around her and told her that her son had fallen asleep at the wheel. That he was OK and not hurt. He told her that he was right behind him and saw him swerve and leave the road, re assuring her that he was OK. Her focus stayed on the rescue workers as they got her son out of the car and eventually she lost contact with the old man who was comforting her. Later, as the police talked to her about the accident, they told her that if he had not hit that tree, he would have gone over the cliff below and surely would have died. My sister told the police about the man who was behind her son and what he said. The police looked puzzled, pointed to a woman and told her, that that woman was in the car behind her sons car. They then pointed to a younger man and said, he was in the car behind her. They did not see an older man at the scene at all! My sister realized then that the man never said he was in THE car behind him, she just assumed that! And that it was odd that he said her son was OK before anyone had reached the car. She realized he must have been a guardian angel and was actually behind him in his car, protecting him from going over the cliff by hitting the tree in a way to damage the car and not him. And finally he picked a father figure form to comfort her in her most scared moment of her life. Yes, Guardian Angels walk among us all the time. JM

Hi All I am having an infomal get together at my house Saturday Evening Janurary 19th. If any of you Klipsch heads in the area want to hear K-Horns or a Full 7.1 Heritage HT using a brand spanking new Oppo 105 here is your chance. Shoot me a PM if you want to attend. JM

Congrats Budman and JBSL. I can't imaging my HT without my Oppo. I love it. JM

Good Point... I hooked my 2 CH output to my McIntosh 2CH Preamp last night and was blown away by the sound quality. Like you said, the USB, HDMI as well as the older SPDIF inputs lets you run anything through this processor. The 105 can also connect to any server or NAS on your home network. I was streaming high def audio files right off my server to my 105. I am very very happy with this box. JM

I ordered mine from Amazon. It came right from Oppo. The 103 and the 105 have the same Video capabilities. If you have a receiver or processor that takes the Audio signal via HDMI, then the 103 is your best choice. The 105 is much more expensive becasue it has its own Audio Processor built in. This was the best choice for me becasue I have a very old Lexicon MC-1 Processor that is pre HDMI. Years ago I paid Sean to install his 8 channel bypass into my Lexicon so I could listen to uncompressed Audio. So to summerize, Both the 103 and the 105 will give you the same Video capability. If you have the ability to get your uncompressed Audio via HDMI, or if you plan to only listen via Coax or Toslink, then the cheaper 103 is your player. If you need the added Audio processing for uncompressed Audio, then the more expensive 105 if what you want. JM

I got the OPPO 105 up and running last night. Did some comparisons between the uncompressed Audio and old school bitstreaming. The uncompressed audio sounds great on my 7.1 Heritage system. The last time I tried this on my first samsung bluray it was an epic fail. The uncompressed bypass was cleaner sounding but I could hear the sound from each speaker. I wanted the speakers to disappear like they did on my Lexicon Logic7 so I was very unhappy with it and just continued to watch blurays bitstreaming the DTS to the Lexicon. It is nice that the oppo has a real processor in it. I am extremely happy with it. I should have probably purchased the OPPO 95 years ago. The wife even noticed the difference. The OPPO 105 is really a bargain since now I don't need up upgrade to a newer Lexicon MC-12-HD processor. The DVD upconverting looks better than my old HTPC. Like I said, I am extremely happy with the 105 JM

Hi all my fellow audio geeks. I ordered the oppo 105 this week. I have been plaged with problems trying to get a newer BD player to work with my 4 year old 1080P projector. The first player of the same generation worked fine, but got slower and slower until it was unusable. I replaced that unit with a Sony which worked great up until one software upgrade a year ago, after that I had ladder looking graphics all over the screen. I thought maybe it was becasue it was a 3D player, so I bought a newer sony 2D only player which is better, but still not as good as my other devices. I think I am fighting 3D and newer 1.4 HDMI issues on my older projector. I need something I can force to output 1080P and 60 hz. So my choices were to go back to a HTPC or the Oppo. I was looking at the 93 and 103 until my focus shifted after reading about the Audio processing of the 95 and 105. I am still running a 1999 Lexicon Mc-1 that has the latest available bios upgrades. I also paid Sean to install the 8 channel bypass which I tried with my first BD player. The uncompressed sound was very clean, but the Lexicon did a much better job of making the speakers disappear giving a fuller sound scape. I plan to run the Oppo using the 8 channel bypass that Sean installed for me, having the Oppo processor do all the surround sound. I am hoping the Oppo sounds as good as the Lexicon, but will have to wait and see. I still can use the Lexicon DD and DTS Logic 7 for standard movies, but am looking forward to the uncompressed sound on Concert BD disks where even DTS can sound like fingernails on a chalkboard on the McIntosh powered all Heritage HT. It should come the week between Christmas and New Years. I will let you know how well it works. JM

It is sickening to think that Dion and Jennifer died becasue of their neighbors greed. I really hope justice is served in this case. JM

If you want to Timbre match your K horns, you going to need to stay in the Heritage line which do not have a di pole surround. I have 4 Heresy's mounted to the ceiling for my sides and rears. The high mounts over your head help with the surround sound sensation, while the Mono Pole Heresy are dead on when multi channel music pans to your surounds. JM

I was saddened when I heard that Dion Longworth and his wife were killed in that horrible explosion in Indy Saturday night. I did not know Dion very well. I rember meeting him at a few of the pilgrimages in Indy. One time I had the pleasure of chatting with him for a good hour. I really enjoyed our visit and was very impressed with Dion. I pray for all of you who worked with him and were freinds with he and his wife, that you can find peace at this time of horrible tragedy. Rest in peace Dion. JM

I did not know Flanners was still in business. I lost touch with them years ago. I will try to stop out. I wonder if Damon or Scott would want to come along. I will email them. JM

Great pictures Andy. Good to see you online again. I would hope your pro Klipsch motivation would work. Take care buddy. JM

There's a convenient excuse. Hey, maybe that's MY problem?? When the beer belly gets bigger, the PeePee looks smaller, so yes, blame this on our unhealty food supply JM

I like some Dubstep too. Skrillex is OK, but all starts to sound the same after a while. I also wish they would do more than just 4/4 time. But then again, this is for white people to dance too and that is our limit... LOL. JM