Now that I have invested in a Bryston BDA-1, I was looking for a player that will output digital to the BDA-1 during playback of SACD discs.
Before everyone jumps in and mentions all the SACD players that have digital outputs, please note that SACD playback has copyright protection, and I have heard that this prevents digital output of SACD, only analog is allowed. Since I want to input digital to the BDA-1, analog outputs have no use.
I know the Sony players prevent didital outputs of SACD, but I am wondering if Denon or NAD players are also restricted in this way.
Yes, Kal, it definitely plays SACD. It says so in the manual and I have played an SACD only, not hybrid, disc, Jorma Kaukonen's "Blue Country Heart," on it. It is a Sony BDP-S580.
Sorry, Kal, I don't know that. I tried calling Sony when I got the player to get more info, but, as expected, the person I spoke to was clueless. Didn't even know what SACD was.
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