Sorry to ask this SACD question, but

folkfreak,

When I set my Oppo to SACD and use Digital RCA, Optical or the analog RCA outputs all I get is silence.  With my Oppo, I have to use the HDMI to hear SACD whether its stereo or 5.1.

JD

Jim
Something is wrong somewhere.
SACD for the most part ( odd exceptions already mentioned) is ONLY output over analog outputs either RCA or xlr.

The OPPO might be like my Pioneer and will not play the SACD layer if it senses a digital cable connected as well.
Try it with just the analog RCA connected.

That is how my Pioneer is now connected, just RCA outs to my integrated and I can choose between SACD or regular CD layer.

Jim
You might want to check the OPPO menu for output of SACD.
You have 2 choices, dsd or pcm.
You should set to pcm for analog output I believe.

How do I hookup my 2-channel (stereo) audio system (to play SACD and DVD-A) to the player since it does not have stereo outs?

You have to use the FR and FL channels from the 7.1 analog outputs to get the stereo output (set the BDP-93 to do a stereo down-mix for > 2 channel sources). Also, just in case you are not aware, the BDP-95 will be released in the near future as a replacement of the BDP-83SEwhich will have much better DACs for analog outs. You may want to wait for it if you have a high end stereo setup.

This from an OPPO forum might help.

I output DSD from my Oppo 105 over HDMI into the HDMI input of my Bryston DAC3