Hi, Thanks for your suggestion, we announced the Lite not being stocked only on this forum. I will update the main pages as well. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi Kewl, The Lite is unfortunately no longer manufactured due to virtually no interest. Please ask JVB directly if they have any old stock. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi Rudi, Thank you for your update. I am glad to hear that the Vanity93HD and Weiss DAC202 combo works fine. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity93HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi Rudi, Please contact Weiss tech support. They have an alternative firmware for DAC202 which should solve this compatibility issue. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity93HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi Mjay71, Both Vanity boards are electrically identical, thus their digital output quality is the same. 103 exhibits slightly lower jitter because of a different clock architecture. You can find more details when you google for Oppo BDP clock upgrades. The reclocking system on the VanityHD board totally isolates the player's clock domain and the output jitter is down to our custom made oscby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi mocenigo, Some aspects of the new OPPO BDT-101 are indeed quite interesting, but so far we haven't got any enquiries for a Vanity board for this transport. As things are at the moment there are no plans to support this model. If there is enough interest (pre-orders from our dealer) we might change the plans in the future. Sorry for bad news. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi there, The question is a little bit tricky as you are asking about streaming from a PC to the OPPO. This is something that relies on DLNA capabilities and compatibility on both sides which is not always perfect. Better solution is to playback DSD files by the OPPO from network attached storage, so no streaming takes place and the whole Ethernet playback process is managed completely by the OPby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Thanks for the update! I am glad to hear that the combo works fine (as expected )by AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi rajapruk, Thank you for the review, really appreciated! Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi, In practice there should not be any problem using the Vanity10HD with any DAC that performs some sort of clever clock recovery. Quite the opposite. You get more jitter isolation and the DAC's clocking circuit should have better working conditions. PS Audio DS or our own DAC platform CZAP are just two examples of converters with sophisticated clock recovery and they both work very well wby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi Olaf, I tried to contact James, but no response so far. Hope he is ok and nothing wrong happened. Will keep trying to get in touch with him. I am glad to hear that you are sorted, fortunately JVB ships worldwide. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi, I am sorry to hear that. Let me try to contact the distributor myself to see if there are any issues. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
The player is no longer available. Regards, Pavelby AP - News & Announcements
Good news, everyone! JVB offers a time limited deal again. Use the following coupon on checkout to get extra 50€ discount: "Powerbuy Vanity HD" The offer is valid until 15. October 2015. Hurry up! If you have any questions, please contact JVB directly. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi all, We can offer barely used (spare unit) Oppo BDP-103EU with the Vanity103HD installed for sale. The player is in mint condition and comes in a complete package and original box. No region free modification installed. Asking price is 1200 EUR for the whole combo, reasonable offers are welcome. Please inquiry for the shipping costs. Regards, Pavelby AP - News & Announcements
Hi John, Many thanks for your post. Let me mention that the Oppo can also play DSD files, so you can also shop for online DSD(64) music. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi, The buffering/reclocking takes place all the time for all data formats. By not altering the PCM data we mean that there is no numerical processing applied and input to output PCM data path is bit-transparent. We use very short buffer in order not to introduce any noticeable delay to the audio data path and minimize its variability. Hope it helps. Best regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Sorry, what we have are the only versions of the board. If you don't feel comfortable working with SMD components you can order the modification from JVB Digital. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity93HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi, The short answer is yes. The relevant part of the circuit is the same for both boards. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity93HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi, Usually you can drive AES inputs from SPDIF outputs directly without any issues. There is an AES modification available for the Vanity103HD boards that increases the level of the output and matches the impedance to the AES standard. The same modification can be easily applied to the Vanity93HD. You can ask JVB do to the modification for you. Just bear in mind that you have to make a custom iby AP - Vanity93HD & Lite (discontinued)
I am not happy to say that, but the minimum production quantity hasn't been reached even after a couple of months and we have to discontinue the Lite board. As a result JVB is offering a time limited discount coupon for the Vanity130HD purchase as a small compensation for any disappointment the Lite unavailability caused. The coupon is: Powerbuy Vanity HD Thanks everyone for understandby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi Jimmy, The Vanity103HD sends out a standard DoP v1 signal, so any DAC that supports this protocol should work. Our Hong Kong partner Volnet has tested a few DACs with the DoP support and you can see the list of tested DACs in this link. There is also a report on a Chinese forum. Hope it helps. Best Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
A quick update. JVB informed us that after three weeks since opening the pre-ordering form the minimum production quantity hadn't been reached. We agreed to keep it running for another week. If you wish to purchase the Vanity 103 Lite, please tell JVB you want one asap! Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi Nigel, Thank you for your interest! We got a few requests to make a module for the BDP-105 as well, but I am sorry to say that we don't plan to make one due to economical inefficiency of doing so. The BDP-103 and BDP-105 are identical in terms of audio and video playback capabilities (the sample applies to D versions). The "only" difference is USB input and analogue audio boardby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi all, After some time of the Lite boards being out of stock we are working on a new manufacturing batch. The Vanity103 Lite module is the easiest and probably the cheapest way to full resolution stereo and multichannel outputs as well as digital SACD playback from the Oppo BDP-103(D). If you wish to make this happen, please follow the link bellow to JVB Digital and express your interest usingby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi, A quick update, please see here. Regards, Pavelby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi all, Good news for everyone with the VanityHD board feeding the PS Audio Direct Stream DAC. Just got an announcement from Ted Smith (DS designer): I just wanted to let you know that the next release of the DirectStream fixes the two annoying problems with using the VanityHD card/Oppo with the DirectStream for multichannel: I've added a looser clock tracking mode which lets a littleby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi all, The VanityHD modules are now available locally in Singapore and Malaysia from Sound Affairs Pte Ltd. Full details: Sound Affairs Pte Ltd James Soh 100 Beach Road. Shaw Towers. #02-34 S189702. Singapore Tel : +65 9694 9704 www.mysoundaffairs.com email : sales@mysoundaffairs.cby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)
Hi all, The VanityHD modules are now available locally in Hong Kong and China from volent.com.hk. Full details: VOLENT Labs Ben Lau 17L, Block 1 , Golden Dragon industrial Centre 152-160 Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung Hong Kong email : contact@volent.com.hk telephone: (852)3427 2308 Bestby AP - Vanity103HD & Lite (discontinued)