Denon DCD-1600NE CD/SACD player

Clipdat
Clipdat Posts: 12,560
edited April 2018 in Electronics
As seen in @Rick88's JBL speaker thread, let's talk about the Denon SACD player, the not so eloquently named DCD-1600NE:

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Specs:

Mechanism SVH Loader

D/A Conversion Advanced Segment

DAC IC PCM1795 (192kHz/32bit)

Frequency Response (Cust.) 2 Hz - 50 kHz

Dynamic Range (SA) 112 dB

Signal to Noise Ratio (SA) 117 dB

Total Harmonic Distortion (SA) 0.001%

Frequency Response 2 Hz - 20 kHz

Dynamic Range 101 dB

Signal to Noise Ratio 116 dB

Total Harmonic Distortion 0.0018%



Price: $1,200. I wonder how it compares to Marantz SACD players? Anyone want to take one for the team and order one to review it?

Comments

  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,560
    edited April 2018
    @Rick88 This is still listed for sale on MusicDirect's website. Did you get some insight that they jumped the gun on these being available for sale in the US?
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,560
    edited April 2018
    Ah ok, well I want it black anyway!

    Did you notice that the remote looks exactly the same as Marantz remotes? I meant it makes sense because same company, but yeah.

    Still interested in how this compares in sound to Marantz's well respected SACD players.

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    Rick88 wrote: »
    Only in silver, looks like the black will be available.

    To confirm, I'll ask the sales associate that is handling the broken grill peg for me.

  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,481
    Those remotes are a carry over from the Denon 3910 DVD player series. IMO Marantz has copied the Denon's. When the Denon 3910 first came out Marantz remotes looked much different.
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,560
    edited July 2018
    Update: I still want this.

    I have to wonder, why no front USB or rear digital inputs? Why lock that internal DAC down to strictly discs?