@melm, well I am officially an idiot. I just remembered that I never sold the old 103 the 203 replaced, LOL. I am now reading the posts on how to rip SACDs. Good weekend project!
Playing SACDs
Howdy,
A few months ago I changed my DAC from a Bryston BDP-3 to a CE Hugo TT2. My source of digital music is an Aurender N100H using USB to the Hugo. The change from BDP-3 to the Hugo was significant to my ears so I am as happy as I can be in that respect but... and there is always a but, isn't? I have a collection of ~150 SACDs which I enjoyed playing from my Oppo, through HDMI, to the BDP-3. Since the BDP-3 is gone and the Oppo can not pass SACD/DSD/PCM in its other digital outputs, I now have to use the onboard DAC of the Oppo and use its analog outputs. It does not sound bad... but it is not as good as it used to sound.
I am have been reading multiple posts here and in other forums but from what I can gather, there isn't a SACD transport that will output SACD (DSD/DoP/PCM), am I correct? I don't have that many movies anymore so I could get rid of the Oppo and get me a SACD transport if it would be possible to play SACDs without HDMI.
Any ideas or should I just suck it up and move on?
Thanks!
Ivan
A few months ago I changed my DAC from a Bryston BDP-3 to a CE Hugo TT2. My source of digital music is an Aurender N100H using USB to the Hugo. The change from BDP-3 to the Hugo was significant to my ears so I am as happy as I can be in that respect but... and there is always a but, isn't? I have a collection of ~150 SACDs which I enjoyed playing from my Oppo, through HDMI, to the BDP-3. Since the BDP-3 is gone and the Oppo can not pass SACD/DSD/PCM in its other digital outputs, I now have to use the onboard DAC of the Oppo and use its analog outputs. It does not sound bad... but it is not as good as it used to sound.
I am have been reading multiple posts here and in other forums but from what I can gather, there isn't a SACD transport that will output SACD (DSD/DoP/PCM), am I correct? I don't have that many movies anymore so I could get rid of the Oppo and get me a SACD transport if it would be possible to play SACDs without HDMI.
Any ideas or should I just suck it up and move on?
Thanks!
Ivan
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@smdb01us
Bravo! Now it's a no-brainer. You will be very happy with the results. You might begin by having a look here: https://www.stereophile.com/content/music-round-93-minidsp-ripping-sacds-page-2 Let the folks here know how it worked out. |
Tell me if I'm reading into this incorrectly but: If you want to run your Oppo into the Hugo this is for 2 channel listening, correct? My 105 outputs digital 2 channel to my Hugo. Most SACDs are hybrid 2 channel discs. Yes, if you have pure SACDs this won't work. Is your desire to downmix 5.1 down to 2 channel? |
@elevick, yes, I can play the CD stereo component of the hybrid SACD through the DAC but after testing and doing multiple A/B comparisons, I find that I ripped red book CD sounds better when ripped and then played through my Aurender—Hugo. My interest with this post was to explore playing SACDs, DSD64/128, from the Oppo without using its onboard DAC, which is the only way possible when you don’t use its HDMI port, it seems. |
Ahh, now I get it. That is a problem with SACD. The format is proprietary and they are not allowed to pass the digital signal. So, you are very limited with 2 channel SACDs. Without a doubt the Hugo sounds better. My 105 does have toslink and coax digital out. This will pass the digital on hybrid SACDs or redbook and doesn't seem to affect the quality at all. I find it easier than using my laptop to Hugo. I know there are hdmi to coax converters. Not sure on the quality. Just for fun, have you tried running the hdmi to a tv that has digital out? That might pass through 2 channel. I'm just not sure how clean and musical it would end up being. |
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