HDCD & SACD

When I play HDCD on my Sony es9000 player there is noticable back ground static,I know the es9000 is a SACD/DVD player but it still plays HDCD(not to its full potential)..is it common that a SACD playing HDCD discs experiences back groung grime?.....it sounds like a bad ground loop......the player working perfectly it just sounds bad playing HDCD titles.

My Rotel 1066 SS processor includes HDCD, so it doesn't matter that my player lacks it.

This may not fit what you're looking for but if you wish you could go with an SACD player using analog outputs and a separate DAC with HDCD decoding capabilities. Much less than the Classe option noted.

F7

Classe Omega--great player, but $12,000.

Denon DVD-5900

Lindemann D680 from Germany. Not sure if its still available in US. Much more expensive (>$7K) than the Denon 5900 ($1.6K)and only does cd, no DVD-A nor DVD.

Denon.