[Leica] OT: Audiophile Question

[scheng at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)]

Len, Steve,

Thanks. I had forgotten about DRM on SACD. To think I use to work on  
DRM.

If I had SACD discs, I would either buy the Sony XA5400-ES player with  
HDMI output and connect that to a HDMI-capable amplifier or a more  
plebeian Oppo 980H which also outputs SACD bitstream via HDMI. If the  
Oppo doesn't mess with the bitstream, it sounds like a better deal. :)

Regards,
Spencer

On Jan 15, 2009, at 14:24, Leonard Taupier wrote:

> Hi Spencer,
>
> I know there is only one cable. However I believed the equipment  
> manufacturers were not allowed to pass SACD digital over the Toslink  
> output. So when you used TosLink only it was the common stereo  
> digital signal being passed and not the encrypted SACD stream. If  
> you tried to play the Sony SACD only disks you would get no audio at  
> all. That's the way it was 4 or 5 years ago. I don't know if that  
> restriction disappeared or not.
>
> Some day I will get Blue-Ray if I get a new HDTV set. But currently  
> I amplify my cable signal, using a line extender, to + 15 dbmv.  
> Except for true HDTV channels my pictures are noise free and better  
> then the common, over compressed, digital channels.
>