STILL FUMING OVER THE SACD &amp; DVD AUDIO MESS! Guess what?
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I am fuming also! Where is the Blue Ray or HD DVD player that won't obsolete my collection high definition audio disks? I want something that includes DVD-Audio, SACD, and HDCD.
902651
As far as I know it does. I have a few sacd's by the kinks on that format and it had no problem playing on the c-7030 I borrowed from an adiophile friend. Am still away on Xmas sabbatical but will check when I return next week or I will try to speak with him beforehand.
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I've also had issues with this unit in regards to standard DVD problems, e.g., choppy, freezes, disc errors. I've also noticed lack of audio sync occasionally with both streaming and on Blu-ray discs...yeah, go figure. It's really annoying because we've had to keep our old dvd player around to watch older materials. To anyone deciding, it might be worth just getting a cheaper Blu-ray player and buying a Netflix box separately (around $100).
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I am very interested in what you find out. I am looking at the 980H mainly as a cd/sacd/dvd-a player.I have read many reviews on it and none have mentioned that the first few seconds of cd are cut off, the only one being on this site.Very interesting.
647384
thx. Well, I ordered the unit, the price is just too good. I just need it for music, no video at all. I own one SACD disc, and will post back here when I learn if it plays it or not.
1792017
The CD 6004 does NOT play SACD. But the Marantz CD8004 does play SACD.Charlie
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As I do not own any DVD Audio discs, I am not certain, but do I remember hearing something to that effect a while back. A good place to look/ask the question would be on the AVS forum. Those folks in there will definitely know. Seek out the owners thread for the unit, the answer is probably somewhere in there.
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I agree with the statement that MP3's are horrible. I've tried to convert. Just doesn't happen. What I have found is that music meant for CD, sounds better to me on CD. Music initially recorded on vinyl sounds better to me on vinyl. I kept my records. But I do have an extensive CD collection. I find Vinyl at charity shops and second hand shops for as little as $.25. When buying old records, remember to look for warping, scratches, dirty patches--which may cover hidden damage--, crayon drawings (who hasn't seen this?). In other words look them over carefully.
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If you had trouble playing an SACD via HDMI but it played okay through the analog outs, that's not a region coding issue. SACD does not use region coding, but it does use a copy protection scheme, called Digital Transmission Content Protection, but only certain discs actually use this copy protection because it limits digital output from a player. It sounds like the region free board is also defeating the DTCP of your SACD discs. I'd be willing to bet that it also defeats the copy protection on standard DVDs too.
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Excellent points, both of you. I can totally wait it out until more releases even HAVE the HD etc. audio, at which point the receiver prices will be even lower.
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My understanding is that SACD can not be ripped. You can download DSD streams from some websites.
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the source should be 7.1 i guess. else we can play a simulation of 7ch stereo. pl check if your DVD/BD is written as 7.1 ch? If its 7.1 ch recording and you are not getting 7.1 then check Speaker distribution. if everything is fixed per its position. Can use odyssey auto adjuster. finally, do you use anyother system which takes care of distribution of spound to speakers? ( like bose acoustimass?) check that too if it i s7.1 too. thanks
647386
Any CD or DVD player will play a SACD disk, since these disks also have a regular CD track. What you are hearing may be the regular CD track, and not the SACD track.
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I have this system and am able to play 24-bit/192KHz flac files through the USB interface just fine (running on linux). I suppose it's possible the software or hardware is downgrading them first but I would have expected no sound at all if the unit really didn't support it.
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I am not familiar with SACD's. I just have Audio CDs. However, in the instruction manual for the player, on page 5 under the paragraph "Features", is the following statement: "Plays Audio CDs, MP3/WMA CDs, CD-R/RWs."
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Hi Tom,I've done everything you said and that I can think of and still no dice. So I'm done trying to figure it out. I used to get pretty good surround from the the TV programs that are broadcast HD 5.1 but it seems to be gone also. I have to say that the despite all this, it does sound pretty good if stereo is what I was going for. Thanks for all your help. I really appreciate it.Take care,Dennis
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I agree with K.Mitchell. I also bought a couple of albums at 192kHz/24bit and was extremely disappointed when I A/B them against files that were ripped from my CDs. Total waste of money I actually deleted the files.