Anyone Into SACD?
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I think DSD 64 will only work in DOP over a SPDIF
I may be way wrong as I do not stream ANYTHING, I was under the impression bitstream or whatever size was too big for sony philip digital interface (SPDIF). My thought process is that you cannot send newer dolby, DTS codac's over fiber it must be HDMI ...
If your sacd player has HDMI output you can send the DSD signal out to a converter like the D-bob and use a SPDIF input on your dac, your dac should see DSD.
Better yet, use analog interconnects from the player to the pre-amp, integrated or AVR. No reason to make all those extra connections running through all those extra circuits. People these days seem to have forgotten to keep it simple.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Some people have to use their outboard dac, so that's the only way I know to do this.
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The D.bob is rather cost-prohibitive, though.CD Players: Sony CDP-211; Sony DVP-S9000ES; Sony UDP-X800M2 (x2); Cambridge Audio CXC
DACs: Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC III (x2); Denafrips Ares II (x2)
Streamers: ROKU (x3); Bluesound Node 2i and Node N130 w/LHY LPS // Receivers: Yamaha RX-V775BT; Yamaha RX-V777
Preamps: B&K Ref 50; B&K Ref 5 S2; Classe CP-800 MkII; Audio Research SP16L (soon)
Amps: Niles SI-275; B&K ST125.7; B&K ST125.2; Classe CA-2300; Butler Audio TDB-5150
Speakers: Boston Acoustics CR55; Focal Chorus 705v; Wharfedale Diamond 10.2; Monitor Audio Silver-1; Def Tech Mythos One (x4)/Mythos Three Center (x2)/Mythos Two pr.; Martin Logan Electromotion ESL; Legacy Audio Victoria/Silverscreen Center; Gallo Acoustics Reference 3.1; SVS SB-1000 Pro; REL HT-1003; B&W ASW610; HifiMan HE400i
Turntable: Dual 721 Direct-Drive w/Audio Technica AT-VM95e cart
Cables: Tripp-lite 14ga. PCs, Blue Jeans Cable ICs, Philips PXT1000 ICs; Kimber Kable DV30 coaxial ICs; Canare L-4E6S XLR ICs; Kimber Kable 8PR & 8TC speaker cables. -
Just look 3 posts up and call it a day. Less is more.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Got my first DVD-A, Metallica: Black Album
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First SACD, Derek and the Dominoes: Layla
Conclusion: Should’ve done this a long time ago.CD Players: Sony CDP-211; Sony DVP-S9000ES; Sony UDP-X800M2 (x2); Cambridge Audio CXC
DACs: Jolida Glass FX Tube DAC III (x2); Denafrips Ares II (x2)
Streamers: ROKU (x3); Bluesound Node 2i and Node N130 w/LHY LPS // Receivers: Yamaha RX-V775BT; Yamaha RX-V777
Preamps: B&K Ref 50; B&K Ref 5 S2; Classe CP-800 MkII; Audio Research SP16L (soon)
Amps: Niles SI-275; B&K ST125.7; B&K ST125.2; Classe CA-2300; Butler Audio TDB-5150
Speakers: Boston Acoustics CR55; Focal Chorus 705v; Wharfedale Diamond 10.2; Monitor Audio Silver-1; Def Tech Mythos One (x4)/Mythos Three Center (x2)/Mythos Two pr.; Martin Logan Electromotion ESL; Legacy Audio Victoria/Silverscreen Center; Gallo Acoustics Reference 3.1; SVS SB-1000 Pro; REL HT-1003; B&W ASW610; HifiMan HE400i
Turntable: Dual 721 Direct-Drive w/Audio Technica AT-VM95e cart
Cables: Tripp-lite 14ga. PCs, Blue Jeans Cable ICs, Philips PXT1000 ICs; Kimber Kable DV30 coaxial ICs; Canare L-4E6S XLR ICs; Kimber Kable 8PR & 8TC speaker cables. -
I kept dozens of DVD-A discs from when I was buying them a couple decades ago for not much money. Mainly because they offer an interesting surround sound option. Many of them are also worth a fair amount these days.
I was listening all the way through Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips on DVD-A the other night. Spectacular use of surround audio that adds to the artistic experience. The high res two channel is good too. Another good mix is Rumours by Fleetwood Mac.
One drawback for DVD-A is some of them top out at 48kHz even if they are in 24 bit. The potential for SACD was higher but of course depending on mastering. I find SACD to be best suited to old classical music that was originally recorded on tape. Some SACDs aren’t worth the money but most are in my experience.
