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SACD drive sources

With the passing of Oppo, it seems that the manufacture of SACD drives is disappearing. PS Audio has discontinued their current transport and the new transport this fall won’t support SACD (their drive was from Oppo. As someone who has a large SACD library I am concerned about the future of this format.

Other than Marantz and Esoteric, is there anyone currently building SACD drives? Also, they do not output DSD over HDMI.

Sony appears to be out. Pioneer and Yamaha still have machines with HDMI output for DSD. But who makes their drives? 

Any way to know where drives are sourced from?
smetzger72

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jafant
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smetzger72

I knew that I was forgetting Accuphase and Luxman.  Although, I do not know if those guys builds their drive/transport(s)  from the ground up?

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smetzger72

Esoteric/Teac, Marantz and Yamaha all build their own drives/transports, especially, those machines that are made in Japan (Marantz and Yamaha).  I believe that Pioneer made a new SACD spinner recently.
I will keep my eyes watching for newer machines in 2019.

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