Rookie here, SACD's sound "muffled". Normal?


I need some assistance. I recently purchased Denon AVR-2805, Denon DVD-1920, Energy RC-70's. CD audio sounds beautiful. Clean and clear high frequency more than enough "high's" for my taste. My question is why do SACD's not deliver the same clean and clear high frequency? SACD's image very well and produce a smoother full tone than CD audio, but I have very limited high range. I purchased quality rca cables and have tried multi channel setting, 2 channel stereo setting, different DSP settings and nothing seems to produce those highs. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Showing 1 response by tfkaudio

Not normal. I would first ensure that NO digital re-processing is being done to the analog signal coming in from the SACD player. There should be a "bypass" or "direct" mode setting on your AVR-2805 that allows the analog signal to pass through untouched. Once you go through A/D conversion in the AVR-2805, the high resolution of SACD is lost.