secretguy OPThe Oppo plays SACD as well, correct?
A while back in Audiogon someone of note said they (Oppo) detect HDCD cd and turn a light on, but don’t have the Pacific Microsonic Devices PDM100 or PMD200 decoding chip in them to actually decode HDCD, this "could" be because all Oppo’s use Delta Sigma (bitstream) conversion??
Because if you look in that list of dac/players I posted and seach for PMD100 or PMD200 you only get dacs and players that use them that are R2R ladder dac chips not Delta Sigma.
If your interested in getting one used, type in PMD100 or PMD200 in the search bar of this vast data base of players and dacs that used them.
http://vasiltech.narod.ru/CD-Player-DAC-Transport.htm
Cheers George