Multichannel SACD with computer as transport?

No. The average joe cannot do that as the signal is encrypted.

Certain manufacturers have obeyed the specifications and created links (I think Denon, and dCS, and a couple of others). I thought it was a great selling point for SACD, given the eternel bitching by the record companies about extensive CD piracy from SE Asia, Eastern Europe etc.

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Highly doubt it.

Much better chance of making it work with BR.

What a timely thread. I was just thinking about whether an SACD can be ripped to a computer hard drive and then replayed through an SACD player.

Metralla. Assume for a minute that an SACD disc was not copy protected. Strictly as a digital technology issue, could an SACD be transferred to a computer hard drive and then played back on an SACD player, without some additional program being installed in the computer? Would a particular type of port or connecting wire be necessary for playback? Thanks for any answers you can provide.

Sorry, you're wrong. We've been getting DSD information off of SACD for years now and providing download sites hi-rez files. DVD-A also. It's expensive, but it can be done.. both the stereo and multi-channel layer.