SACD is VERY confusing

I output DSD from my Oppo 105 into my Bryston DAC 3 over HDMI.  The Bryston cost me $3K at the time and has gone up..  There were other DACs that had HDMI inputs at the time.  I remember an NAD DAC that was cheaper than the Bryston getting a thumbs up from Stereophile

  Before I got the Bryston I just used the internal DAC on the Oppo and outputted over the analog output.  I seem to be missing something here, as the OP considers using the analog output as unacceptable . Not sure how that violates copyright as any recording made from analog output is an analog, not digital, recording 

  Of course one an output the HDMI into a AVR, but that is a separate can of worms

OP, others

When seeking a ’new to me’ SACD/CD Player, I found out about this DSD to PCM issue.

I started a similar discussion, some people mentioned specific models that output DSD there. It was mentioned somewhere, that using DSD in the production process was beneficial to the content even if converted to PCM output.

the quote below matched my experience listening to SACD: Quieter Noise Floor is about it

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"Comparison with CD

In September 2007, the Audio Engineering Society published the results of a year-long trial, in which a range of subjects including professional recording engineers were asked to discern the difference between high-resolution audio sources (including SACD and DVD-Audio) and a compact disc audio (44.1 kHz/16 bit) conversion of the same source material under double-blind test conditions. Out of 554 trials, there were 276 correct answers, a 49.8% success rate corresponding almost exactly to the 50% that would have been expected by chance guessing alone.^[38] When the level of the signal was elevated by 14 dB or more, the test subjects were able to detect the higher noise floor of the CD-quality loop easily."

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articles I found back then

as any recording made from analog output is an analog, not digital, recording 

Exactly!...My point is lots of fo9lks think they are listening to pure DSD files.....But they are really listening to a cheap DAC chip in most cases if they are using RCA analog outputs. Some have suggested that the sound actually improves if using Coax output playing Red Book CD into a good DAC.....At 44.1

Roy,
Some SACD players’ analog outputs were not cheap.  Sony as usual launched the format with a no holds barred implementation at a hefty price, and over a few years brought it down to Earth, with attendant compromises.  HDMI 1.2a introduced DSD playback.  I can play an SACD into my Sony AVR in full digital to digital, or use the LDAC of my UBPX1000, but in my “better” 2 channel system….Tidal is the best choice!