I also own an Ayre Codex and an OPPO BDT-101CI player. The problem with the lower end OPPO is that they aren't licensed to output SACD audio to optical (supports CD, DVDs), just to the RCAs + HDMI. The OPPO 105 + 205 may have the ability to output SACD to optical. I'm not sure about that. If you have a HDMI supported DAC, you might be able to take advantage of the HDMI output but if you want to keep your Ayre Codex, you'll need to find a player that can output hirez (SACD) audio to optical. Look into the higher end OPPO or another traditional audio player. I would also look into ripping your SACD discs (it's doable) and putting them on a music server/streamer, if you have one. Once I moved all my CD/DVDs/SACDs to my Aurender, I haven't used my OPPO player in over a year and I couldn't be happier..no more switching discs. :)
Bluray Hi Rez audio
Looking for suggestions on a Blu-ray player that outputs hirez optical. Also, high quality audio grade hdmi to usb, is there such an animal? Thank you in advance