treitz3
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The following is a PM from a member who has PM's blocked, so I couldn't respond. Here is the PM and my response. His name has been omitted for privacy reasons....
Good question. We may want to post this question regarding both players on this forum and others as well just to see if we get the same answers.
For me, when I hit the source direct button, it seems as if I am getting true SACD, but I don't want to rely on what I think, I want to know. Had a chance to hear a Musical Fidelity KW player and A/B this past weekend, but the speakers were not in the best location/acoustics....and I ran out of time, so I opted not to A/B.
This is why get together's are so important. To A/B something that we can't afford to do by ourselves. Grrr.
I am still trying to find out whether or not my Denon dvd-2910 is giving me true SACD or not. It's a universal as well. The technology is so advanced that not many folks really understand it all. I am just going to call and talk with three or four different departments with Denon to see if they all say the same thing, or just contradict themselves.Confidential said:Hi,
interesting comments... How can one tell if their SACD player down mixes? Surely they don't advertise that on the box. I'm wanting to get a universal player this time around and was considering this one: http://www.yamaha.com/yec/products/productdetail.html?CNTID=451766&CTID=5001800
thanks!
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"Most inexpensive SACD/CD players and universal players down mix the SACD (DSD) signal to PCM, which will not allow you to really hear what SACD is all about."
Good question. We may want to post this question regarding both players on this forum and others as well just to see if we get the same answers.
For me, when I hit the source direct button, it seems as if I am getting true SACD, but I don't want to rely on what I think, I want to know. Had a chance to hear a Musical Fidelity KW player and A/B this past weekend, but the speakers were not in the best location/acoustics....and I ran out of time, so I opted not to A/B.
This is why get together's are so important. To A/B something that we can't afford to do by ourselves. Grrr.