Analogue Productions SACDs

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Yes, virtually all SACD players also play standard CDs because most SACDs are hybrid discs that contain a separate, high-resolution SACD layer (edit: that's DSD format, usually 2 channel stereo, in your case you say it is 5.1 surround content) and a standard Red Book CD layer, (edit, that's PCM Pulse Code Modulation format) allowing the player to read both formats. While a dedicated SACD layer can only be read by an SACD player, the inclusion of a CD layer ensures backwards compatibility with regular CD players and also makes the disc playable on any SACD player. 

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It is also possible it has the ability to play the DSD layer (SACD) in either SACD/DSD 5.1 or  SACD/DSD 2 channel Stereo, as well as play the separate PCM Layer which is REDBOOK CD 2 channel.

Usually, there is an icon 'SACD' that lights up on the players front panel when the player recognizes and plays the SACD layer. 

you can try a lens cleaner, perhaps get lucky, 

https://www.amazon.com/Arsvita-Cleaner-Cleaning-Effective-ARCD-01/dp/B08PBPZB5Z/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=E08VD3IV8RRG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.d83c8eHTQFTSytV2PUDZjn7f9S5_s9k501zKTkLjCQp2RVWkPPc5V5DR-3mOj67l7uqKaWtHFWF0R_kzp8lFjwJsaxEaNTwnyBDFYMyI5xygA7yiQJUqVQtp92mhukJ4zttYO7y5xYqpQbn6evVVdba4-mdxyt8BFlCJfrGtIyG60iz3MvNEhr-UQ5qQ98ePgGP3Sk9_pMlgCgRkQpycjSnF1ZEgxzO9E9VAH0NP76k.OvJ9AFt7T9AEUsceVV7Cp9biaWdrz3sb-pmb6YC-WR0&dib_tag=se&keywords=cd+lens+cleaner&qid=1756735520&sprefix=cd+lens+cleaner%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

the lasers weaken with use, not age, finding the SACD layer is the 1st to go, so if buying a used player, try to find one sold by the prior owner who knows how much use it got. Mine came out of the seller’s second system, very little use he said, I chose to trust him, it arrived looking new inside and out, has been working perfectly for years.

I may be fooling myself, but I keep this in my ebay watch list, thinking I could be successful replacing an entire assembly, not the individual laser.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/360731502452?_skw=Optical+Pick-up+Laser+Lens+Head+For+Sony+SCD-XA5400ES&itmmeta=01K42TA6GJX7BF16M0SR94J53K&hash=item53fd45e774:g:r-gAAOxyHIlTXMCu&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAABEFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fYawop0%2BdliwNYNaY0HuyqBBDz0O3zHIc4CKA8Y93CbNW6cjXeupVnfncUelZBJ5s24FsNIEcoandskDJSeB3W4YRVGef6spUCjDSnEYKQh9UiT1xYTVNSTV2kCEZ674H6%2Fc4kfwz2vdjniRMxY3Yo%2BmPCXCEWjLgp%2BWd4u0krZ4hjkKM%2B6AcH5VTVewGWlMqvKewveNPLYSlPO9ZW%2BmbdzfHQjtkKTR7prQiGSMOoZizgHtzKDrrBLdSKj5QoPVjHcPISSymhztKbWcjDpKnDm%2BNXPDWUpwfbBgphfOMvFN%2BI1%2BoOW6kno7%2F%2BAgev8Exx%2B2P7ShXGpRjbeI%2B27RfF%7Ctkp%3ABFBMtuio2qBm&pfm=1

I bought and replaced a laser on a Marantz, it’s tricky, I’m handy, and I was able to melt the static protection blob, install it, get the CD layer found, but never got it’s position refined with height adjustment screws to find the SACD layer.