I use my Oppo to rip the SACD layer onto my server. Works fantastic.
SACD is VERY confusing
Seems there are thousands of folks out there buying and playing SACDs using coax or optical from a player to a DAC and thinking they are listening to the SACD layer and they are listening to the CD layer. I was assured the Denon DVD-2910,3910,5910 would play SACD through the digital outputs but on the back of the units they clearly state PMC from the digital outputs.....Seems the ONLY way to truly play a SACD is HDMI to HDMI.....Even stripping the audio off the HDMI signal returns it to PMC ..... And everything I've read states the analog outputs, stereo and 5.1 are PMC...
Oppo’s User Manual states: “Due to copyright restrictions, SACD audio cannot be sent through the coaxial or optical digital audio output. To listen to SACDs, please use the HDMI or analog audio connections.) IOW, with a DAC that is connected via coax or TOSLINK, you might be limited to playing the CD layer of a hybrid SACD.
I can't believe they would allow DSD files through analog outputs....Wouldn't this violate the whole copyright issue?
.....There are thousands of people out there buying SACDs and listening to them on their OPPO, Marantz or Denon ..."SACD" players, either through digital or analog and they are listening to the CD/44.1 layer.....This is nuts!
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Wow, some good info on this thread but mostly a lot of confusion and false information. For a couple of years now I've been enjoying my small collection, <12 SACDs via: a standalone headphone reference system.. OPPO 83-(with 2channel SACD layer output selected)-small HDMI breakout box ($50 E-bay Chinese order)- I2s (all HDMI cables) into a Pontus 2 DAC-balanced cables-Jot2 amp-Aria headphones. No problem, the cheap box also sends full HDMI to a small monitor to easily access the player controls via remote. I realize I'm skirting DRM but I don't record or copy anything. Most SACD I see for sale are Hybrids with that 2nd or third layer of 2 ch PCM. I think there Japanese DSD only versions, expensive. Usually the SACD layers do sound notably better than PCM or regular Red Book cd versions...not always. It does no good to remix a final PCM file to DSD, then back again for play. Of course if the OPPO gives up I do have a 105 in my AV system that is going strong but doesn't do HDCD decoding like the 83. I didn't discover this on my own here's a link to the article that got me started:
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@milpai +1 I do the same |
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