The oppo 103 has severe clipping problems when you set the speakers to small and implement subwoofer bass management. When a strong input signal is sent out the channels distort horribly, even at low listening levels. This is a problem on oppo's end that they didn't seem to be able to resolve I guess. Not good!!
set speakers small
crossover 60hz
debussy invocation off stereophile test disc as example. clipping more than a barber shop.
I had initially thought it was the introduction of the minidsp2x4, but the issue persisted when I removed it from the chain. Resorting back to letting the AVR send signal to the outboard amp from preouts solved the issue. Thank goodness it wasnt the amp!!
-1 for oppo. Not very good guys. frownie face! I was a pretty big fan. Little disappointed now.
