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SACD drive sources

With the passing of Oppo, it seems that the manufacture of SACD drives is disappearing. PS Audio has discontinued their current transport and the new transport this fall won’t support SACD (their drive was from Oppo. As someone who has a large SACD library I am concerned about the future of this format.

Other than Marantz and Esoteric, is there anyone currently building SACD drives? Also, they do not output DSD over HDMI.

Sony appears to be out. Pioneer and Yamaha still have machines with HDMI output for DSD. But who makes their drives? 

Any way to know where drives are sourced from?
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dweller
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If you have an Oppo SACD player, send a note to Oppo service desk and obtain 1-2 replacement LASER sleds. These probably cost $60 or so. I'm planning to do the same.
mahler123
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Sony Blu Ray Players Play SACDs.  Sony and Pioneer also sell Universal Players and perhaps others as well.  They can’t be used as streamers, as Oppo machines can, otherwise they have similar functionality.
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smetzger72

Esoteric/Teac, Marantz and Yamaha all build their own drives/transports, especially, those machines that are made in Japan (Marantz and Yamaha).  I believe that Pioneer made a new SACD spinner recently.
I will keep my eyes watching for newer machines in 2019.

Happy Listening!
aolmrd1241
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smetzger72 said..."PS Audio has discontinued their current transport and the new transport this fall won’t support SACD (their drive was from Oppo. As someone who has a large SACD library I am concerned about the future of this format."

Just for an FYI...PS Audio bought all of the existing OPPO drives for the now discontinued DMP sacd transport before the demise of OPPO audio/video. Paul McGowan has made public that the stock he has on hand for the DMP replacement drives will last a very long time. If one should ever need a replacement drive for the DMP..they will be available.     
ejr1953
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I have one of Paul's DirectStream transports (and DAC) and when I heard that Oppo was getting out of the disk drive business, I was not happy.

In my four years of being a PS Audio customer, I've enjoyed the best service from them, so when Paul says he has enough spare parts, he's one I'll trust.

I too have a nice collection of SACDs, shedding a tear that fewer players are being made to get the most from them.
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