Which DACs do SACD decoding?

Bearotti,

You are correct that Sony [ the creators of SACD / DSD ]
will not license a player that outputs the digital DSD
data stream unencrypted.

However, some manufacturers, like Ed Meitner's EMMLabs
have a proprietary digital output that allows the digital
output from the CDSD player to be input to either a DAC6e
or a DCC2 converter.

However, in these proprietary schemes, the player and the
DAC are a "matched set" from the same manufacturer.

In any case, a new transport is needed to read SACD discs.

Dr. Gregory Greenman

Dr. Greenman,

Thanks for the information. I was not familiar with EMM Labs product...

Bearotti,

Check out the EMMLabs CD player at:

http://www.emmlabs.com/cdsd.html

and their DACs at:

http://www.emmlabs.com/DAC6e.html

http://www.emmlabs.com/dcc2.html

They are not the only ones that use a proprietary link to
transfer the DSD signal between separate components, but
stay within Sony's legal proscription against the DSD
digital signal being available to being recorded.

Dr. Gregory Greenman