HDCD Transport to non HDCD dac


Hello All,

I have a question. If you have a CD transport that decodes HDCD going to a dac that is not HDCD will you still get the sound benefits of the HDCD? Please let me know.
Thanks
harnellt

Any cd "transport" will send HDCD encoded digital out of it's digital output/s, and any cd "player" if it has digital output will also output HDCD.

The DAC is the section that has the HDCD chip processing in it.

Cheers George
Thanks for all the help. I'm sorry about the word "transport" what I have is a Rotel RCD-990 that I am using as a transport going to a Parasound Dac-1100 both have HDCD but I was thinking of upgrading the dac with the IC CS8414 and DF1704. But if I do this I will lose the dac's HDCD in the dac. That is why I wanted to know about this.

There are two Parasound 1100 dacs one does HDCD.

PARASOUND D/AC-1000 2 x PCM63P-J – SM5813AP – CS8412-CP It's a DAC

PARASOUND D/AC-1100 HD 2 x PCM63P-J – PMD100 – CS8412-CP It's a DAC

Cheers George