See if your able to play DSD from a different DSD transport. Your dealer should be able to do this for you. It doesn't sound to me like the problem is with the DAC but rather the Sony.
T+A Dac 200 HDMI issues
I have a T+A DAC 200 and am having issues with the HDMI inputs which I am using for the first time. The first issue is when I attempt to play a two channel SACD from my Sony UDB-X700 Blu ray player I get sound, but there is a very significant background static noise (crackling and hissing) coming from the speakers. It is not a ground loop hum. I have removed all other source connections to the DAC 200 and still get the noise. I have tried multiple HDMI connectors and different power sources and I still get the noise. I have the Sony player configured to output a DSD signal and that is shown in DAC 200 display as DSD 64. If I configure the Sony player to output PCM, everything works fine with no static and the DAC 200 display shows PCM 176. I would prefer to have the DSD work as opposed to using PCM.
The next issue I have happens when playing a Blu Ray movie in two channel using the DAC 200 HDMI 1 or 2 (not using ARC) inputs. Regardless of whether I select PCM or DSD output on the Sony player the DAC 200 displays “PCM Multi CH” when playing the movie. It does not seem to get the two channel down mix from the Sony player even though I have selected stereo as the down mix option in the player settings. This results in me hearing only the front left and right front channels from the surround mix so I am not getting the center channel vocals in the mix. I have tried many combination of DSD and PCM settings on the Sony player without any success.
Any help would be appreciated on these issue. Maybe a bad HDMI card? Or maybe a bad player?
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@fuzztone +1 Why would the creator of SACDs allow you to jailbreak them? I'm surprised however that the T+A 200 doesn't have a USB drive input, you could then play .dsf files through that. Looks like you'll going to need a server/streamer to feed .dsf files via one of the T+A's USB inputs. |
While I cannot comment on the multi-channel issues you are having, the two-channel DSD issues you are experiencing are not surprising. As others have mentioned, the only way to output DSD from a SACD source to a DAC is 1) if you use the same brand source and DAC (e.g. Sony for both) or 2) if you use the GeerFab D.BoB. Otherwise it is a violation of infringement as the DSD stream should not be able to be extracted. |
What’s weird is that playing SACDs via DSD to the DAC 200 does work except for the static. Maybe that is an implementation error on T+A part and it simply should not have worked at all - which would have saved me some frustration. I did install a new Sony UDB-X800M2 to replace the X700 and have identical issues for both SACD and playing movies in two channel. Makes me wonder what the point is of having the HDMI inputs? Maybe T+A has some devices that work with it.
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