Older Receiver with SACD Connections?

ryancpowers · 02-11-07, 08:54 PM

Hi,

My first post, and hopefully not too amateur.
I have an older receiver which I am soon to replace but I have an Oppo970 arriving in the next couple of days. I have searched these forums extensively and I'm pretty sure it has the necessary inputs to play SACD but would like some confirmation. Here is a link to the Kenwood receiver: Kenwood-VR-405. If it does indeed have the correct inputs how can I tell which of the various red/white inputs are the correct ones?

Sorry, I can't post a proper url for the receiver until after 5 posts

Happy to be here,

Ryan.

Kal Rubinson · 02-11-07, 09:07 PM

You will be able to play SACDs in stereo, but not in 5.1, because your AVR does not have a 5.1 analog input. The Oppo can output the MCH on analog or HDMI but not on coax/optical digital.

ryancpowers · 02-11-07, 09:23 PM

Hi,

Thanks for the quick response.
So if I had a receiver with HDMI I could plug from the Oppo to the AVR with the same results as the analog cables? Is one better that another? If I then wanted to plug the Oppo into my HDTV would I need an HDMI switch?

Thanks,

Ryan

ryancpowers · 02-11-07, 09:42 PM

Or a receiver with HDMI switching?

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ryancpowers Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21	Older Receiver with SACD Connections? Hi, My first post, and hopefully not too amateur. I have an older receiver which I am soon to replace but I have an Oppo970 arriving in the next couple of days. I have searched these forums extensively and I'm pretty sure it has the necessary inputs to play SACD but would like some confirmation. Here is a link to the Kenwood receiver: Kenwood-VR-405. If it does indeed have the correct inputs how can I tell which of the various red/white inputs are the correct ones? Sorry, I can't post a proper url for the receiver until after 5 posts Happy to be here, Ryan.

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Kal Rubinson AVS Addicted Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: NYC + Connecticut Posts: 20,449	You will be able to play SACDs in stereo, but not in 5.1, because your AVR does not have a 5.1 analog input. The Oppo can output the MCH on analog or HDMI but not on coax/optical digital. __________________ Kal Rubinson "Music in the Round" Contributing Editor, Stereophile www.stereophile.com/musicintheround/

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ryancpowers Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21	Hi, Thanks for the quick response. So if I had a receiver with HDMI I could plug from the Oppo to the AVR with the same results as the analog cables? Is one better that another? If I then wanted to plug the Oppo into my HDTV would I need an HDMI switch? Thanks, Ryan

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ryancpowers Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21	Or a receiver with HDMI switching?