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Tascam DV-RA1000 able to play SACDs?

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I have read through the Tascam website, dealers' brief product write ups, etc but I cannot find the answer to a simple question......will the DV-RA1000 able to play standard commercial sa-cd discs?
From what I understand, discs recorded with the unit in DSD format cannot be played on regular sacd players.
I notice that there is no sacd logo on the front panel.......so my guess is that the unit cannot play any of the sacd discs.
Anyone knows the answer to this simple question? Thanks!

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No, it won't. It reads discs authored in the UDF format on a project basis. - Michi 22:32:26 05/10/05 (1)
It doesn't do SACD's pit signal processing, specific UDF layout, or decryption; in other words no it won't read SACDs.
Its discs won't play back on SACD players either, no -- this requires creating an edited master format anyways, and a 'cutting master' on AIT. Basically, the DSDIFF files have to be tagged, indexed, and processed before being put onto AIT for pressing.
Now, this doesn't make it a worthless piece of equipment, not at all. Seeing as the Genex and Tascam DS-D98 machines do the same thing for $10000+.
It's been good to me so far.
- Thanks for the info (No text) - ASW27 23:58:09 05/10/05 (0)
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