DVD-A signal to my stand-alone DAC; problems


Hi. I have moved my Denon 3910 universal player into my 2-channel audio room in order to incorporate its DVD-Audio & SACD capabilities. I have the player connected to my Musical Fidelity preamp with high-end analog cables, but I'd like to run the 3910's digital signal through my high-end stand-alone DAC. The 3910 offers optical "toslink" digital output, a RCA digital out, an HDMI digital out, and a digital output Denon terms "I-Link." I understand this type of output/cable is now used fairly commonly by other manufacturers under different names. Unfortunately my DAC only has digital optical and RCA inputs,and the Denon doesn't seem to send the DVD-A or SACD signal to the DAC through those connections. Is there some type of converter box or other way I can run the Denon's digital DVD-A & SACD signals (maybe using the "I-Link" cable)through my DAC? Many thanks!
klipschking

Showing 1 response by rcrerar

No, I highly doubt it, unfortunately. Even if you could, the chances that your DAC would be able to decode the bitstream is virtually nil. You must understand that both SACD's DSD(direct stream digital)and DVD-A's MLP(Meridian Lossless Packing) were both designed to be decoded within the player only, to content protect against unauthorized copying.