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Esoteric SA-60

Never have I had such problems with a piece of equipment.  It's connected to the 7.1 bypass array of a Bryston SP3.  The display shows multichannel when I play a surround SACD, but I get sound only from the center channel.  I removed the parallel balanced stereo connection between the SA-60 and SP3, but that had no effect.  I never heard stereo from the SA-60 when I selected the balanced input, but I think I've heard stereo and multichannel from 7.1 bypass.

The trouble seemed to start when I learned that the SP3 does no processing in the bypass modes so provides no speaker management.  I set up speaker management using the menu of the SA-60.  But I've tried clearing the SA-60 memory several times since then.

I hope the problem is pilot error and not a defective SA-60. 

dbphd

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gocubs999
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The fact your only hearing sound from the center channel using the 5.1/7.1 analog input of the Bryston SP3 is leading me to thinking the Esoteric unit is the offender here. As you probably know, there are several formats available of standard SACD's (3 to be exact) With my DV50S, you can change the readable format from Stereo Audio, 5.1 Channel audio and for standard SACD's. (reading right from the manual). This function cannot be performed from the remote, but; the unit itself. 
Short of telling the SA-60 which section to read for playback, sound from only the center is .......pointing to an issue with the SA-60 if all of the setup settings are correct.
gocubs999
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Jafant,
I have been very pleased with the DV50S. The SACD playback is very good thru the 5.1 analog inputs and provides a useful/enjoyable option to 2 Channel playback. I use the K-03 for 2 Channel listening. The Video playback is also very good....darn close to the performance I get from the Pioneer Elite BDP I have which was surprising to me. 

dbphd,
great to hear you found and resolved the problem without the hassles of sending back a piece of equiptment for repairs.
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