SACD

arctikdeth,

You may need to go to the menu and set SACD default layer to "SACD". Sometimes it defaults to a CD layer. It may also depend what output you are using.

Page 71 of the manual explains it. Maybe that is the problem.

https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pio/pe/images/portal/cit_11221/278097930DV79AViOperatingInstructi...

jgreen19,

You are right. Most of the SACD players will not output DSD to an outboard DAC via optical/coaxial/USB connection. There are ways to circumvent that by transferring the .dsf file from SACD onto a hard drive and then playing it via a DAC of own choice. Some, probably universal, players may do it via HDMI. I have heard of a few SACD machines that would output DSD digitally but not via HDMI and those have been, I think, in the upper tier of price and performance. I have never heard one.

So, for OP, it is probably SACD played via internal DAC and output analog via RCA connection. Good news is that many SACD players are just fine with their own DACs. This being an audiophile forum, that statement may be a blasphemy, though.

What kind of classical music do you prefer? What composers?

Classical is relatively common on SACD so this would narrow the recommendations down.