CD/ SACD advice needed

I use a $700-$900 device called a D.BOB that can decode DSD into my external DAC, a Schitt Yggi+ LM. I have a used ratty $200 Oppo BluRay player to send DSD or PCM via HDMI to the D.BOB.

Sounds pretty fine to my ears.

I used to own one of the very best SACD players ever made. A Sony SCD-1 that was made even better (especially SACD’s) via Vacuum State mods.

The D.BOB does some things better and the SCD-1 others. Both are great and I have no interest in a more expensive and newer SACD player.

Laser probably needs to be changed  also you can upgrade the power supply for much better sound

We have done plenty of CDPs with great results.

I ripped the dozen or so SACD’s I have. I’m glad I have so few. At 1.2-1.4tb a disk, they eat up a lot of HD space! 
I wish I’d known about the d.bob, I probably would’ve bought more SACD’s and not ripped them.

what model cd player are you having trouble with?

MOST sacd/cd players digital output is for CD only.

SACD advanced DSD 64 output to external DAC is not possible.

Thus, to hear the SACD disc, you use the unit’s internal DAC, which means, transport is one thing, internal DAC and sacd/cd laser reliability is an issue. Some, like my Sony, have dual lasers, one for SACD, one for CD.

The more you get into it, the trickier it gets.

Next is the issue that many SACD players internal DACs convert the DSD to PCM prior to output, some info here

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/sacd-players-models-with-dsd-processor-used-and-new-not-dsd-conver

Here’s an article that came up (2021) about a gizmo that takes HDMI audio out, and somehow passes the SACD DSD 64 signal to your DAC

https://audiophilestyle.com/ca/reviews/at-long-last-listen-to-your-physical-sacds-through-an-outboard-dac-r971/

Perhaps, since 2021 some other units have appeared that pass SACD DSD 64 out their digital jacks to your DAC

Anyone????