Delta Sigma DACs

Hi Cheeg, I'm a CXU owner....
The CXU plays the CD or SACD layer on a hybrid SACD (two or multichannel) you have to decide which in the audio set up menu - also make sure you set it to 'PCM' and NOT 'auto' or 'DSD'  - 'auto' seems to cause a delay and DSD is only if you're intending to send DSD out of the player.
The Wolfson DAC's convert the DSD to PCM on board and only play DSD 64 (two or multichannel) your can also play DSD 64 files from USB sticks or by streaming to it.
You can set it to send out DSD from the player via HDMI so if you can find a DAC to hook up that can decode DSD that's another option....
Hope this helps. 

Oh - how do you hook up the Benchmark to the CXU?
Cheers.

Hi Cheeg, no I haven't used an external DAC with the CXU, infact I use it as a DAC for a Virgin Tivo box (HDMI) and my old MacBook (optical) for playing mainly ripped CD's and other files. It does this and plays SACD, DVD Audio and Blu-ray discs pretty darn well. I run it all out analogue bootlaced to a Cambridge CXR120 as I'm a multichannel advocate.
I'm planning on ripping all my discs to files when I can find a simple way of storing and playing it back out, audio and video content.
I'm keen to experience DSD and have some great DSF files ready to go but I'd rather do its right and I'm wary of these hybrid Dac's that claim to to do everything but make the tea. It seems to me that PCM and DSD are different enough to warrant separate DACs....

Shame it doesn't have HDMI then you could try DSD from your SACD's?

I think Sony are still twitchy about DSD digital output from SACD and where it goes, I don't think there are many AVR's with HDMI that can handle DSD without converting (my Cambridge CXR doesn't) I think we're both fine letting the CXU do the job. If you get the chance try the CXU with multichannel, honestly it's a game changer! :)