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High Rez download then burn SACD

I have been researching for a source upgrade for my system, and need some advice.

I hear that High-Rez will be the future of digital source, but haven't found a solution (e.g. PC/Mac to DAC) that is not difficult to setup/use, performs equivalent to Vinyl at a comparable setup price ($3K to $4K?), and will not be outdated in few years.

I never had a SACD player, but I was told that it definitely raised the standard for the digital source. So, it got me thinking, are there SACD burning software/hardware that we can use to burn High-Rez downloads? If not, what is stopping them?
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crna39
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Probably the cheapest DAC's that I've heard and will recommend are the Benchmark and the Lavry, both about $1200

We're taking the DSD data stream and capturing it to HDD. Most labels want it downsampled to 24/88.2

This is the future and people want convenience.
blackstonejd
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There is no SACD hard drive based solution I am aware of. I think that is because the SACD format is proprietary and uses encryption that prevents the files from being created from the discs.

In my view there is not much indication that anything other than regular old redbook CD will be the standard anytime soon. At this point in time, if you want to be at the cutting edge, I think the key is asynchronous USB. You use the computer as a transport and feed a DAC via a specialized mode of USB.

Everything you need to know is here
http://www.ayre.com/pdf/Ayre_USB_DAC_White_Paper.pdf
blackstonejd
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By the way to avoid confusion, the device the plays back high-resolution files is called Transporter. The Squeezebox only plays back redbook files. At one time this was the best, most cost effective way to set up a music server but asynchronous USB is better because of the way it slaves the PC to DAC's word clock.
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