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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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last_lemming OP
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"Stereo tracks are either 16 bit (CD layer) or DSD (SACD layer)."

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.
last_lemming OP
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Are the stereo 24 bit or 16, or does that vary too?
last_lemming OP
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But is the 2 channel 16 bit or 24 bit playback?

Also, I read this ariticle from 2002. It doens't seem to kind to SACD's, but alot of it was over my head.

http://sound.westhost.com/cd-sacd-dvda.htm

I would have thought SACD's would sound better than traditional 16 bit record players/recordngs, but according to the this particualr fellow it doesn't seem so. Except below 10k.

What are your thoughts.
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