hi all,

just need some advice or help in regard to SACD + Dolby Headphone.

first of all, has anybody got experience with such a setup? is it worth it?
the thing is, due to the restriction from Sony's side it is virtually impossible to play SACDs on anything other than a dedicated/multi-format player.

now, my problem is I have neither the space nor the neighbours to setup a surround-sound-system in my room and would like to hear it all over my headphones, but I didn't find an affordable player with DolbyHP integrated.


anybody here who could help me out? I am looking for a "cheap" solution to play my SACDs and encode it with DolbyHP.

regards

hi all,

just need some advice or help in regard to SACD + Dolby Headphone.

first of all, has anybody got experience with such a setup? is it worth it?
the thing is, due to the restriction from Sony's side it is virtually impossible to play SACDs on anything other than a dedicated/multi-format player.

now, my problem is I have neither the space nor the neighbours to setup a surround-sound-system in my room and would like to hear it all over my headphones, but I didn't find an affordable player with DolbyHP integrated.


anybody here who could help me out? I am looking for a "cheap" solution to play my SACDs and encode it with DolbyHP.

regards

Don't think its possible to decode SACD and output to receivers to encode into dolbyHD.

But correct me if I am wrong tho.

SACD is recorded in multi-channel DSD formats. A transport/player can either decode the SACD and DAC it to output 5 channel analog audio (no bass management), or to convert from DSD to multi-channel PCM via HDMI 1.1, or to output multi-channel DSD streams via HDMI 1.2a directly.

You would need a HDMI 1.2a and DSD decoding receiver (a list could be found on SA-CD.net) to decode multi-channel DSD outputs.

btw, headphone, no matter how good yours is, would not be able reproduce the feel.

Don't think its possible to decode SACD and output to receivers to encode into dolbyHD.

But correct me if I am wrong tho.

which format does i.Link use to output from an SACD player to a receiver?

thanks for the rest of the help, will look further into it

which format does i.Link use to output from an SACD player to a receiver?

DSD, but surely accompanied by some copy protection scheme, probably '5C'.