SACD

arctikdeth,

You may need to go to the menu and set SACD default layer to "SACD". Sometimes it defaults to a CD layer. It may also depend what output you are using.

Page 71 of the manual explains it. Maybe that is the problem.

https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pio/pe/images/portal/cit_11221/278097930DV79AViOperatingInstructi...

A major pitfall with SACDs since they can be so much more revealing with much deeper noise floors is the rest of the system.


Last night I played Moody Blues, Blood Sweat and Tears and Elton John Madman Across the Water (I have Gaucho but it's DVD-A). Lots more to play before going back to red book


My system is simple; Oppo 105 with DIY eBay aftermarket Linear Power Module, Rhodium IEC with heavy gauge pure silver wire to the LPM (these are well known weaknesses in the 105)and 2 days ago I removed the cover, WireWorld Series 8 XLRs straight into my RIc Schultz EVS 1200 (dual mono 600/1200 wpc class D with lots of tweaks to the surrounding parts


To get the full experience, I cranked my volume to a point where I quickly learned my speakers are now my weakest link

hth

sabrejet

The SA-10 is very fine indeed. This player was on my short-list, except, I could not score a demo here in the Southeast U.S.
Keep me posted as it settles into your room/system.

Happy Listening!

Safe and Sound has a 30 day return.

@twoleftears ,You can pick one of the following Sony players from eBay/Amazon for $50 and rip your SACD, as .dsf files.
BDP-S390 (or BX39), BDP-S490, BDP-S590 (or BX59), BDP-S4100, BDP-S5100 (or BX510)
I did this over the past couple of weeks. Did not realize that over a few years I had collected about 140 SACDs.