"Kalman Rubinson" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:38:18 +0800, "Alan Rutlidge"
wrote:

Okay, I'll confess I know swat all about universal players, especially the
budget ones but from what I've read your assumptions about SACD playback
are
almost correct.
True SACD players do not allow for a digital output to be used. Only
analogue outputs can be used to get an output from the player. No doubt
there are players on the market that do otherwise.

Again, true. There are several digital outputs for SACD including
iLink (Firewire), Denon-Link, HDMI 1.2+ and others. Unfortunately,
these are not yet common.

Kal

Thanks Kal. Totally forgot about iLink etc. (read embarrassed).
I was thinking more S/PDIF as either TosLink or via co-ax which is the type
one might expect on the cheaper universal players which doesn't support a
digital bitstream output for SACD.
Oh well, I guess I must have been asleep when I posted that one. :-(

Cheers,
Alan