CD copies

If I use my laptop DVD drive to copy an SACD, can I copy the SACD layer? How about XRCD? Blu-spec? SHM-II?

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swampwalker Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,138 posts 12-23-2013 at 04:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I am pretty sure you cannot copy the SACD layer. Not sure about the other formats.
plato Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,543 posts 12-23-2013 at 09:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Try it and see. If you use a media player like the free J. River Jukebox 14 it will tell you the sampling rate of each track it plays and will play hi-res formats. For example 24-bit 96kHz = 4608 bps.
mechans Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,048 posts 12-23-2013 at 10:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I also think you need a transport that can quite specifically read the SACD format. It follows that failing that, no other data manipulation would be possible.