@cundare2 96 and 192? That’s not DSD. What you’re seeing on that output as 96 and is most likely the redbook layer of the SACD album that is being upsampled by your transport.
There are only few SACD transports that output DSD. PS Audio is one of them and needs to be connected via I2S cable (hdmi cable but not hdmi signal) to their PS Audio DAC. Because there’s no industry standard for I2S the pin layout varies and the transport is not always compatible with another brand DAC unless you can customize the pinout on the DAC or transport which some manufacturers provision for.
Another transport That outputs DSD over PCM (DoP) is the shanling onyx zenith. Looks to be a really well made nice transport. And it’s not crazy expensive.
I am curious about it as my Meitner DAC can accept DoP on its AES input.
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Hi Friends:
I am interested in suggestions for a transport/streamer/network player. OK if it has an internal DAC but I would be happy to use my own. I would like the unit to spin physical media as I have a large collection of CD/SACDs. Price not important yet just getting a sense of what might be out there that I am missing.
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