I use the D.BOB to convert DSD from my OPPO (a real cheap one). The DSD goes into my Schitt Yggi+ DAC via SPDIF. It sounds amazing. GeerFab Audio D.BOB digital breakout box | Stereophile.com The Yggi DAC is way better than what is in the OPPO. The Venus DAC is better than the OPPOs. However, I am not sure if the Venus will work with the D.BOB. It works with my Benchmark DAC3B and the Yggi. I am not sure if you can take HDMI and get the pure DSD out of I2S.
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My frame of reference for SACD players was one of the best ever built, the SONY SCD-1 which was modded my Vaccuum State to 5+ level. The D.BOB I mentioned is better in many ways to the SONY but the modded SONY still had a magical sound that could compete with new DACs. The SCD-1 died after 20+ years. The fact that a $700 D.BOB and a $200 used OPPO, that I was not even using, can compete with the Sony is shocking to me. I had plans to get a SACD transport option for the DAC upgrade I had in mind. However, after the D.BOB I will use the OPPO as my transport and save the money. My fav sonic disk is the SACD pressing of DSOTM, Love the fact that I can hear this disk again in it’s true glory. The OPPO also plays some SACD’s that the SONY had trouble tracking.
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