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.
Since Sony is one of the major enforcers of SACD copyright, I doubt if any Sony player outputs true SCAD digital output via PCM. It may be a "compressed" version which, even though is in a format other than 16/44.1, is still a compressed (not exact) copy.
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