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    Looking for new integrated amp - advice/suggestions requested

    I got a new A-S701 from Crutchfield less than a month ago for under $680.00. I suppose I go have gone with the A-S801 but its DAC section isn't exactly state of the end either.
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    New CD player? New DVD player? Fix Oppo?

    Have you check with Oppo again? They are still servicing their players unless there are no part parts for your player.
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    What has happened to Sony's audio range?

    In the US, Sony recently introduced a new line ES-Series home theater receivers. Highly regarded, I have heard. However, as the co-inventor of the CD and SACD formats, it doesn't offer even one single player. Even in Japan.
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    Best budget SACD player?

    What that means is the the Oppo players do not have dedicated stereo analog outputs. Just set up the player to prioritize stereo SACD playback even when a multichannel SACD is inserted. The player will locate the separate stereo (or mono) DSD mix and begin play.
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    Sony UBP-X700: Plays SACD

    Note that SACD can only be output via the HDMI output. In other words, you will need a receiver/pre-pro with a HDMI input that do DSD conversion to analog.
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    R.I.P. Carl Weathers.

    After Carl Weathers' passing, the president of the Directors Guild of America issued a lengthy statement about the contributions of Mr. Weathers.... “Today we mourn the loss of a great hero to the DGA and the entertainment industry. The world may have seen Carl as an iconic actor, but here at...
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    New vs Old......I'm sold

    The new Yamaha R-N800A network receiver is very similar to the A-S801 and offers room correction, pre-outs, AM/FM tuner, access to internet radio, etc. It's not that much more than the A-S801.
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    Sony SACD-capable Blu-Ray Players

    Nowadays, a $300 HT receiver will be able to decode DSD via HDMI. Optical (Toslink) or coax digital were never an option.
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    SACD vs. XRCD

    But I don't think there's a XRCD decoding chip. The CD layer of a hybrid SACD can be HDCD-encoded or be of Enhanced CD, meaning that it can carry live action video that's playable off of a computer. I have read that JVC rejected the idea of having XRCD as the CD compatible layer of a hybrid SACD.
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    CD Manufacturing Technology - Current State of the Art or Dead-end?

    CDs still hold sway in streaming era in Japan https://asianews.network/cds-still-hold-sway-in-streaming-era-in-japan/
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    SACD vs. XRCD

    I have read that JVC has cancelled its XRCD program and moved on to SACD. In fact, I have a couple of JVC's latest SACD waiting at my mailbox.
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    Need advice on listening to SACDs on a budget

    HDMI version 1.2 and above supports the transmission of the DSD bitstream.
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    Air Supply, A Band that I never quite "got"

    Attending my second Air Supply concert this coming Thursday.
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    Is SACD dead?

    New Norah Jones album, Visions, will be available on SHM-SACD in Japan. Coming in Maech 2024. "In Japan there are THREE editions of this album: a standard SHM-CD, and SHM-SACD and an SHM-CD+DVD edition. It appears as if all three of these have a bonus track called ‘Can You Believe’. There is...
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