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Full DSD via HDMI. Redbook PCM via other digital.
Well, the column is not particularly concerned with 2channel performance, so there will be no follow-up on that topic. The relevant matter, for me, is the multichannel performance and, there, one has few HDMI-enabled players with which to compare it.
Anon.
Kal
I see your point.
Perhaps the player should make another round to JA or ST for a follow up on the stereo CD/SACD.
Thanks anyhow for the good, early report.
They'll have to wrestle it away from me by force.
Kal
I'm putting my money on Kal, TKO round 6.
Of course, we are assuming that JA doesn't recruit you to do the task.
Kal
Hi Kal:
I am a newbie and I have learned quite a lot from your columns and posts in the various forums. I read this review and your favorable impressions with DSD over HDMI. On another forum Dave Nauber of Classe posted this reponse regarding the SSP-800:
Q. What does it do with sources like 3-channel or 4 channel SACD or DVD-Audio? In the case of 3-channel SACD, does it keep the center channel? In both cases what does it do with the other output channels? Are they processed or are they silent?
A. The only way an SACD player could deliver more than two channels in the digital domain would be over HDMI. Although the hardware could technically support DSD over HDMI, we don
Obviously, if you connect them all, the SSP-800 will process them all.
True.
Thanks for the clarification Kal.