Jim the Oldbie
My right elbow hurts.
Howdy boys & girls. I hope this is the right place to ask this one.
I haven't had an SACD-capable player since my older, lower-end Oppo died a few years ago. I only own one title at the moment (Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow), but I've started thinking about adding to the collection. For some reason I've been assuming that the only SACD players left out there are the nice new (but kinda pricey) Oppos, but tonight I see the Sony BDP-S6500 which is more my speed, budget-wise. All I need is something that will output stereo & multichannel SACD audio as LPCM over HDMI. (My downstream equipment doesn't decode DSD.) A couple of questions, por favor:
1. Any of you have experience with the Sony BDP-S6500? Does it indeed actually play SACD, and not just the CDDA layer?
2. Are there any other current players in this price range (i.e. cheap) to recommend?
Thanks for your time.
-- Jim
I haven't had an SACD-capable player since my older, lower-end Oppo died a few years ago. I only own one title at the moment (Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow), but I've started thinking about adding to the collection. For some reason I've been assuming that the only SACD players left out there are the nice new (but kinda pricey) Oppos, but tonight I see the Sony BDP-S6500 which is more my speed, budget-wise. All I need is something that will output stereo & multichannel SACD audio as LPCM over HDMI. (My downstream equipment doesn't decode DSD.) A couple of questions, por favor:
1. Any of you have experience with the Sony BDP-S6500? Does it indeed actually play SACD, and not just the CDDA layer?
2. Are there any other current players in this price range (i.e. cheap) to recommend?
Thanks for your time.
-- Jim