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Transport that outputs SACD DSD signal w/ coaxial?

I have been looking at the Musical Fidelity Trivista DAC. One of the reasons is that from what I understand, it will accept/decode SACD DSD signals. My Denon 2910 internally decodes the DSD and outputs over analog outputs only. My question is what players/transports that are available output the DSD over coaxial or optical that will be able to send the SACD DSD digitally to the Trivista DAC?
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narrod
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There are none that pass DSD over TosLink or Coaxial outputs. I doubt there ever will be because of Sony licensing and copy protection concerns and the orphaned nature of SACD. There is just not alot of software being released from the big record companies.
narrod
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I did a quick search and couldn't find any information on a TriVista DAC that outputs DSD. Provide a reference. I would like to look into it.
narrod
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The manual says it converts it to analog. That should mean it converts it to PCM at the digital output. It is not passing DSD. I'm sure someone smarter than me will jump in if I am mistaken.
narrod
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Kr4, that's what I believe as well. I don't think it really does anything with the SACD layer but the manual is misleading.
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