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Can't find the answer to this anywhere so apologies if
it's been
asked
before.

Say I have a universal player (which converts DSD to PCM
and outputs
24bit/192kHz e.g. Pioneer DV-600AV-S ) with HDMI out, and
I connect a
convertor which splits out the digital audio into an
optical signal
which I
send to a DAC (say Benchmark DAC1).
1.Will this work at all?
No.

2.Will the copy protection on the discs make it fail?
Yes.

3.Are all SACD/DVD-A discs copy protected?
Yes. There are some discs that are not and these are
called DADs

Even though you split the bitstream out you still need a
decoder. The whole idea of this hi-rez stuff is to *not*
let the Jeanie out of the bottle ;-) *IF* it was that
simple everyone would be copying and ripping these discs -
which they are not. DVD-A has been cracked though (a long
time ago) and I rip the 2 channel stuff off at my computer
and then play through my music server and DAC. But first
you need the to remove the copy protection ;-)

Cheers TT