CD Players that transmit 24bit/96kHz

See the thread Upsampling and Stereophile from the other week. There are some Pioneer and Marantz models that will transmit a 24/96 signal, and there is also a website referenced there. In addition, a while back (couple of years ago) Classic Records had a newsletter, which I believe is archived on their website, which heralded their new 24/96 discs and had a list of players which had 24/96 digital outs. If you're looking for older DVD players as transports, that would help.

Dsweeney: Yes, and there aren't many. A regular CD will only play a 16 bit/44khz signal, whether you play it on a dvd player, a CD player or a 24/96 DAC. Chesky and Classic have most of the few available titles of 24/96 discs, and they do provide excellent sound. There a few new DVD-Audio discs being released, bur I don't know if they can be played with 24/96 resolution (or even played) from an existing DVD player, either from its own D/A converter or through a true 24/96 digital out, or from a 24/96 player like the Muse. Perhaps Mr. Halverson could enlighten us here, because this area hasn't been the clearest to me--do you need a new player to play the DVD-A discs because of their surround sound and the need to do some electronic gymnastics to get a two-channel 24/96 mix?

Kevin: Thanks for responding, although I'm still a little confused on one point. Do the DVD-A discs being released now, if they"re compatible with DVD-V (and will they say so on their label or packaging?), play with 24/96 resolution through both the DVD player's internal 24/96 dac and through its digital output (if capable of transmitting that data stream)? For example, you have the fine Muse transport/dac combination which I've heard playing the Classic discs. If you put a DVD-A disc into that transport, would it play, and would the resolution from the dac be at the 24/96 level? The Chesky work sounds very encouraging, by the way.

If what you say is true, it may not be wise to get a separate 24/96 dac at this point, given the small inventory of 24/96 DADs and that the DVD-A discs won't be playable on anything other than a DVD-A player, which won't send out a 24/96 digital signal. Or have I missed something?