SACD-R

Update:

I have tested:

DENON DBT-1713UDP, 5-10, sound was just ok.

Sony BD590, 1-10. Might as CD's sounded better through my CD player than SACD through this.

Yamaha BD-A1020, 6-10, just a slight bit better than the DENON.

Maranz UD7007, 9.5-10, almost as good as the Primare, but much less$. This machine really sounds amazing! Very well built as well.

Oppo 95, 8-10, good, but certainly not as great as all the hype is. Sounded a bit flatt with SACD, 24Bit FLAC was very good though.

Primare BD32 is my refence point still 10-10.

No 2ch CD/SACD players were compatable unfortunately:
Yamaha, Pioneer, Marantz...In order to play SACD-R the player must be able to read DVD-R discs. So, only BD/SACD players could read them. This is really unfortunate since I have no TV in my 2ch room. And, the BD players do not have a true DSD DAC like some of the 2CH CD/SACD players.

I am keeping the Marantz.

Hello Ss5,

I am interested in the Primare BD32 as well.
Where did you demo this player?

If you don't intend to burn the SACD-R and only intend to play the 2 channel layer, all you need is a DAC that can process DSD over USB, a Mac Mini with Audirvana Plus 1.4 and voila. Playback of the ISO on your computer.

You can also do the same on the PC (using foobar and specific plug ins) but I am not familiar with it.

SACD playing on an EMM Labs CDSA thru Meitner MA-1 DAC with AES input.

Same SACD.ISO file playing on a Mac Mini on Audirvana Plus streaming through USB to Meitner MA-1 DAC with DSD over USB.

Ironically, the SACD.ISO file on DSD sounds better than playing with the original SACD disc on the SACD player.

(Audio)

But that's cos the SACD is being converted to 88.2kHz PCM using the CDSA