[HasturTheYellow]

When you open the Volume Mixer, are the volumes for Amazon.com and your playback software for MP3 set properly? If they are not, then you will get no audio.

 

[happybuyer]

Everything's set to full volume.
 
I get an immediate "error 4" in both Chrome and IE when trying to play mp3s on Amazon.
 
I get no audio with videos in either browser on youtube and various news sites.

 

[Armaegis]

Not a fix per se, but possibly a work around. Use a usb/spdif converter that doesn't require any special drivers. Let windows select it as a default device, and use wasapi/asio/whatever you like with JRiver.

 

[john57]

  I only have one.

This what shows up on mine


Five are from Microsoft and one from IFI. Check with your wife machine. If you do not have this you could have something that is preventing a full install like a AV program. 

 

[sky.xd]

Crackling and popping issue has come back to haunt me. I've tried two good quality usb cables now. So irritating because my bifrost isn't having any issues over USB to my PC

 

[DaemonSire]

  Crackling and popping issue has come back to haunt me. I've tried two good quality usb cables now. So irritating because my bifrost isn't having any issues over USB to my PC

Have you tried playing with the buffer settings?  Launch the Oppo USB Audio Control Panel and play around with the settings there.

 

[sky.xd]

  Have you tried playing with the buffer settings?  Launch the Oppo USB Audio Control Panel and play around with the settings there.

 
Yep I've tried pretty much every sample set in the buffer settings

 

[drewTT]

I can't decide whether to try the PM-1 or the LCD2 with this amp. I will primarily use it as DAC and pre but also would like to try some good headphones. Seems like most people here prefer the LCD2 in this setup?

 

[dafos58]

I can't decide whether to try the PM-1 or the LCD2 with this amp. I will primarily use it as DAC and pre but also would like to try some good headphones. Seems like most people here prefer the LCD2 in this setup?

 
IMHO the HA-1 with the PM-1 is a mix for heaven. I tried the LCD2 with it, but for my taste the PM-1 has a more open and joyable sound. Beautiful lows and highs and voices sound more natural. Again, at least for my ears. 

 

[DaemonSire]

I can't decide whether to try the PM-1 or the LCD2 with this amp. I will primarily use it as DAC and pre but also would like to try some good headphones. Seems like most people here prefer the LCD2 in this setup?

I think it comes down which headphone itself you want as opposed to pairing it with the HA-1.  Both PM-1 and LCD2 are known to work great with the HA-1.  Both being made by Oppo for one another, you know the PM-1 and HA-1 will sound great together.
 
So really it is just deciding which headphone you want.

 

[money4me247]

I can't decide whether to try the PM-1 or the LCD2 with this amp. I will primarily use it as DAC and pre but also would like to try some good headphones. Seems like most people here prefer the LCD2 in this setup?

agree with the above comments. pick the headphones just based on the headphones. the ha-1 will drive either fine.

 

[akhyar]

I can't decide whether to try the PM-1 or the LCD2 with this amp. I will primarily use it as DAC and pre but also would like to try some good headphones. Seems like most people here prefer the LCD2 in this setup?

 
And don't discount the PM-2 just because their RRP are lower than the 2 headphones you mentioned.
Having tried all 3 with the HA-1, I'll go for the PM-2 and play around with the different pads to get the sq that I prefer.

 

[mithrandir38]

I can't decide whether to try the PM-1 or the LCD2 with this amp. I will primarily use it as DAC and pre but also would like to try some good headphones. Seems like most people here prefer the LCD2 in this setup?

Imo, the LCD 2's are the ones to get. They are super transparent with this amp dac combo. The pm1's are ok, but the audeze phones are world class

 

[wgb113]

The Oppo PM-1/PM-2 both sound very nice with the HA-1 (as does the Audeze EL-8).  If you only use headphones casually I don't think you could go wrong with the PM-2.  It's much closer from a build standpoint to the PM-1 than I ever expected it to be.
 
I prefer the sound signature of the AKG K812 over all of those I mentioned above but that's simply my preference for a more analytical sound from my gear.
 
Bill

 

[Firminator]

Any ideas on whether if this is worth it for just the dac stage alone? (will be using external amp).