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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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mhedges
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The 2 channel SACD tracks are DSD- Direct Stream Digital. It is a one bit datastream at something like 3 MHz sampling rate. It is completely different from PCM which can be 16 bit or 24 bit, but I believe the theoretical resolution is something like 20 bit (which is all you need anyway since current technology does not have the signal to noise ratio to support a 24 bit signal).

Mark
mhedges
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As far as I know all SACD's have a stereo layer. Pressing the "Super Audio CD Setup" button will cycle between the CD layer, the stereo SACD tracks, and the multichannel SACD tracks. You can also go into setup and select the default layer for SACDs.

Mark
mhedges
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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.

You need to pay more attention to the last sentence. The frequency range below 10K corresponds to 9 of the 10 octaves of human hearing (and the vast majority of musical energy). So even if you accept what he says as true it is possible to draw very different conclusions.

Mark
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