Sony's New SACD Player


I just read about Sony's new top-of-line SACD player in Twice magazine. It will have Firewire output for all channels. This will enable it to go directly into their new processor digitally. It will also have advanced copyright protection in addition to Watermarking. Other firewire enabled processors should follow.
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Showing 3 responses by darrylhifi

Here's a dumb/smart {not sure which} question ? If you have a firewire out, connecting to your pre, than wont your pre
have to be able to decode DSD properly ?
Yes thats my "be careful what you wish for" thought, because first you buy the player, than you have to upgrade your DAC, your talking a big piece of change !
9 channels is crazy, think of the amps, cables , yikes !
Not to mention you would need a HUGE room to even think about it. But as to the Firewire , unless you are having massive bass mangement issues, which I personally do not, IMO its crazy to have to upgrade 2 components, especially if your already happy with your front end and DAC. The Firewire connection would have to provide a "significant" sonic advantage for me to consider it. I could be wrong, but my gut reaction says it wont.