On Oct 13, 4:51*am, "Once only" wrote:
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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?
2.Will the copy protection on the discs make it fail?
3.Are all SACD/DVD-A discs copy protected?

Phileas

There is no digital output from domestic SACD (DSD) players.
That Pioneer model as with all "domestic" universal players -
24/192 is only performed on-board.
With DVD-A the digital output is automatically downsampled
to 48khz via HDMI. And via S/PDIF and Toslink the digital output is 16/44..
With SACD there is no digital output via either HDMI nor S/PDIF,
GoTo Pioneers UK site, click the support link, download the PDF
manual for that model and it will fully explain on pages 37 - 39.
It is not possible to do what you require with *any* domestic
universal player.

I'm sure you're correct. I was confused by page 16:
DV-600AV
: The HDMI connection is
compatible with 2 channel linear PCM
signals (44.1 kHz to 192 kHz, 16 bit/20 bit/
24 bit), and Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG
audio bitstream, multi channel DSD, and
multi channel linear PCM signals, (5.1
channel signals up to 96 kHz, 16 bit/20 bit/
24 bit).

Phileas