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HDCD question.....

I have a cheap Samsung player that does SACD, DVD-A and all that...my Rotel says it is HDCD ready. In the Samsung manual makes no mention of HDCD, so as long as the Rotel can Process it will I be able to fully enjoy the HDCD format? Or do both player and processor need to be HDCD, the Samsung does all other current format so maybe it does HDCD, but any help would be appreciated, thanks again
chadnliz
elgordo
530 posts
 
If I recall correctly, the HDCD standard requires that a red LED light up when processing an HDCD signal. If this is true, you will know for sure.
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9rw
318 posts
 
Actually, in the mid-'90s, I had an Audio Research transport that would not pass the HDCD signal to my Theta DAC. My ARC dealer said it was a deliberate design decision on the part of ARC. I replaced it with a Classe transport, which worked just fine with the Theta.
s7horton
1,077 posts
 
Elizabeth is exaclty correct. It is in the D/A unit. The transport does not matter.
chadnliz OP
3,736 posts
 
does it sound much better than normal Red-book?
goinbroke
105 posts
 
I don't have too many HDCDs, but the ones I do have sound considerably better with greatly expanded soundstage.
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