I have an Oppo BDP-105D which was their top of the line multi disc player and streamer, and has a very high quality Sabre D-to-A converter in it, however (but) my receiver also has exceptional D-to-A chip(s) as well. It's a 2004 Sony ES series STR-DA 9000ES unit. I can use the 7 channel analog out from the Oppo disc player/streamer to the multi-channel input, and it works, BUT it only puts out L, R front (stereo) so no "0.1" subwoofer or LFE channel, and I want the sub to play. If I switch the Oppo to the optical or coax digital output, in to the Sony receiver, it will play back in 2.1 "AFD" so that sounds "ok" BUT it is showing a 44.1 kHz digital signal, and that's with the Tidal set to Master Audio, and the same for Hi-Fi.
*HOW CAN I GET A HIGHER QUALITY DIGITAL AUDIO output from the Oppo in to the Sony receiver, that only has optical or coax digital inputs? (No HDMI or USB on the Sony)
*IS THERE A DIFFERENT SOURCE (Tidal can be on) that I could use for Tidal? like my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 tablet (Windows 10) that has a couple of USB outputs, and I have a USB-to-Digital coax or Digital optical converter that I could connect to a digital input on the Sony receiver.
* I also have Tidal on my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone, and it has a USB-C port that I should be able to use as a digital bitstream output, although I am not entirely certain how to do that. I'm 95% sure it outputs a digital audio bitstream as there's no headphone jack, but I'm not sure, it could be analog and converted with an internal D-to-A converter.
I will appreciate your response and thank you in advance.
*HOW CAN I GET A HIGHER QUALITY DIGITAL AUDIO output from the Oppo in to the Sony receiver, that only has optical or coax digital inputs? (No HDMI or USB on the Sony)
*IS THERE A DIFFERENT SOURCE (Tidal can be on) that I could use for Tidal? like my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 tablet (Windows 10) that has a couple of USB outputs, and I have a USB-to-Digital coax or Digital optical converter that I could connect to a digital input on the Sony receiver.
* I also have Tidal on my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone, and it has a USB-C port that I should be able to use as a digital bitstream output, although I am not entirely certain how to do that. I'm 95% sure it outputs a digital audio bitstream as there's no headphone jack, but I'm not sure, it could be analog and converted with an internal D-to-A converter.
I will appreciate your response and thank you in advance.