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It's Been Awhile Since it's Been Asked...Can You Rip the SACD Layer?
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Posted on March 6, 2021 at 09:15:11 | ||
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Looking at getting my last disc player. I have several SACD's bought when it was "the thing". I don't know if there's a current affordable ($5,000 or so) player that does CD's and SACD's well. Probably easier to find a CD only player. Question is, can you rip the SACD layer, or the SACD (I have a few SACD only discs) for single layer discs? I could then get the CD player and stream the SACD's that I have instead of using the disc. I searched and there was some discussion a couple of years ago that it really wasn't possible without studio equipment, but things move fast in the digital realm, so maybe someone came up with a solution since then. I think Marantz and maybe Yamaha are the SACD players on the market that I'm aware of, within my price range that is, not sure how they do regular cd's though. |
Thanks. Guess I Should Count Mine Before I Decide What To Do. (nt), posted on March 7, 2021 at 11:47:40 | |
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RE: It's Been Awhile Since it's Been Asked...Can You Rip the SACD Layer?, posted on March 7, 2021 at 15:32:35 | |
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It's pretty easy and not too expensive to own a DAC that plays just about all digital formats and even sounds great doing it. I discovered FiiO about two years ago and they make little portable digital players that actually sound just as good if not better than full size DACs. I own a Mytek Brooklyn Bridge and it sounds superb, but it cost $3000. For $450 you can buy a FiiO M11 digital player that sounds almost as good and plays all the digital formats up through DSD256. If you want one that does sound just as good as my Brooklyn Bridge, both the FiiO M11 Pro and the FiiO M15 will provide absolutely awesome sound quality. However, the standard M11 is just about as good and it has ports for two 1TB micro SD cards so you can store your whole digital library. The best part is that it plays all the formats directly from its plugin micro SD cards so there's no need for a computer. You'll see all your albums on its one-megapixel touch screen display. I now own the Flagship M15 and it has become my main digital player. If I'd discovered FiiO before I bought my Brooklyn Bridge, I'd never have bought it. Happy listening! John Elison |
I'd keep your, posted on March 10, 2021 at 09:10:06 | |
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discrete JFET analog output stage based unit, too. ;) |