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HDCD

Here's a (probably) dumb question. Does anyone make a player that plays SACD AND decodes HDCD? 
I guess HDCD failed in the marletplace. Too bad. The few I have actually sound better...even when played on an old Sony boy ray player...than many of my SACDs played on my good player. I do have an older NAD cd player that decodes HDCD in a second system but I don't can't move it into the main system every time i want to hear n HDCD. Having 1 player to do both would be ideal.

secretguy

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unsound
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^I believe all but the last generation of Oppo’s were capable of HDCD decoding. HDCD’s will play on standard CD players, but without the benefit of the HDCD decoding.
I’m a fan of HDCD. Some of my best sounding discs are RR HDCD’s.
unsound
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Perhaps, I’m mistaken, but I thought the HDCD technology was licensed to other chip manufacturers.
unsound
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^Oppo 203 & 205 don't decode HDCD.

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