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Can SACD's be played in ony 2 channel format

I have a Denon 2910 that Im using now as a CD player (sort term only). I only have 2 SACD's so this is not that big of deal,but if I understand the technology correctly the SACD's are recorded at a higher resolution than regualr CD's. After reading the instruction manual I'm still not perfectly clear on wether or not if I play a SACD it will output the 2channel info as the same as the equivalent CD source.
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Most are multi-channel but have stereo tracks. Many are stereo only. ;-)

Kal
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Stereo tracks are either 16 bit (CD layer) or DSD (SACD layer).

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Narrod wrote: "Most are multi-channel but have stereo tracks. Many are stereo only. ;-)"
I believe no more than 1 in 5, of the ones I own, are MCH. None of mine are classical.

That is why I inserted the smiley. More than 9/10 of mine are multichannel and 9/10 are classical.

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Last_lemming asked: I think I got it. Is the SACD layer for multi channnel or can you have SACD 2 channel? Sorry for so many questions, but I just want to be clear.
Almost all multichannel SACDs will have both a stereo and a multichannel track on the SACD/DSD layer. There are 2channel only SACDs, as well, but these lack a multichannel track, of course.

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The above posters are generally correct. There are exceptions, though.

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IMHO, such blanket statements of absoluteness are rarely correct.

Opus3 SACDs are fine. Just wish the music was more to my taste.

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