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Originally Posted by Dilettante
I know this is a three year old thread but am curious if the DAC in the Marantz AV8802 decodes and supports native DSD format, or if you convert the DSD to PCM first in the Oppo when playing SACD.
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AFAIK, all Marantz AV880Xx prepros accept DSD and decode it natively is set on "Direct."
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Cause some older AV preamp processors' DACs like those of my Classe SSP 800 does not decode or support DSD, the DAC in the Classe only supports high rez PCM & high rez LPCM. Cause Classe claimed and believed that SACD (DSD) would be best outputted using the players' analog audio out in order to get the best sound.
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Or perhaps they just didn't want to pay for the licensing.
