Thank you for the link.
I'm not so computer savvy, so please bear with me. In that thread, Bruce states you can rip an SACD, but not maintain it's integrity, correct?
If I can't maintain the sonic integrity, why would I want to rip it, other than to get a semblance of it on a server?
Sony just stopped SACD support. They have stopped manufacturing SACD decoding chips, meaning ALL manufacturers have to stop SACD player production. This is why dCS Rossini - which is the Puccini replacement - does not have SACD drive.
Esoteric has some stock, but that will not last forever. So is DCS but only for the Vivaldi.
I wonder if Sony will enable SACD ripping under those circumstances ?
Yep. Two "industry members"... apparently not from Sony... ostensibly claim that Sony stopped manufacturing SACD decoding chips.
It sounds fishy to me.
So it looks like when the drive dies in my Vitus RCD-101 I will only have DAC functionality.
Or has Sony salted away a large stockpile of spare parts?
Whatever happens I will source a couple of spare drives if possible.
How do you rip an SACD??
How do you rip an SACD??
You can also copy SACD's with a Tascam DA-3000 recorder and convert/edit the files with Audogate.
Have they? Usually companies give end of life notice prior to stopping the manufacturing. Companies then buy and stockpile them if they need it. There are also distributors who buy these parts and hold them only to sell them at much higher prices later.I assume that the audio manufacturers that have been introducing SACD disc players since 2013 have found a way to make do without this Sony chip.
Did they? SACD did not last long enough to have created a solid third-party solution. And likely every attempt was made to keep it out of the Chinese/Taiwanese hands. Wonder if anyone but Sony and Philips built silicon for decoding the stream.Not surprising since other companies besides Sony were supplying SACD drives, boards and parts to audio manufacturers since the inception of the format.
Again the key is to look at the circuit board to see what they use. I am at our vacation house and don't have an Oppo here so can't look. Did a search online but no one has a close up of the drive electronics. Without that, we don't know what they are using. I know there was once shortage of Oppo players because the drive they used was discontinued.Along with Blu-Ray drives, etc. for Universal Disc players like the Oppo that handle CD, DVD, SACD, Blu-Ray discs.
How much does that cost?
The Tascam? Around a $1000.00 somewhere. Audiogate came with my Korg recorder but you can have it for free if you have a Twitter account.
The only way to "rip" a SACD is to use an old PS3. It has bugs and is not the same as downloads.
I have been too lazy to test this hypothesis. I have plenty SACD PS3 rips that are now available for download. Always too many projects and things to test.
I do believe about 6dB gets lost with a SACD rip - I always end up playing them at higher volume setting than other sources. Not sure if the 6dB comes back with the download.
I've tested this hundreds of times. There is also missing data in rips since it relies on someone creating the TOC correctly. Just came across a Groove Note with a bad TOC.
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