CD ROM or Blu Ray player for computer that rips SACD

Posted by: Consciousmess on 29 August 2016

Hi, I understand the PS3 could rip the SACD layer from disks and thus give listeners access to HD music from CDs of theirs with that layer.

I have several disks with SACD layers but no HDCD player and I rip my disks.

Surely there must be a computer component any of us could buy which does this. If the Sony PS3 did it, does anyone know where such a computer component could be bought??

Cheers.

Posted on: 29 August 2016 by Eloise

No, no internal solution.

there is recent discussion out there on the 'net of using certain standalone universal players (including Oppo 103/105, Cambridge Audio 752 and Pioneer 160/170) to rip SACD to computer.

search for "SACD ripping using an Oppo or Pioneer"

Posted on: 30 August 2016 by Consciousmess

Thanks for that, Eloise - I'll research along those lines!

Posted on: 30 August 2016 by joerand

Consciousmess posted:
I have several disks with SACD layers but no HDCD player and I rip my disks.

Also worthy to note that SACD and HDCD are different formats. A HDCD player does not necessarily encode SACD and vise versa.

Posted on: 31 August 2016 by tonym

Eloise posted:
No, no internal solution.
there is recent discussion out there on the 'net of using certain standalone universal players (including Oppo 103/105, Cambridge Audio 752 and Pioneer 160/170) to rip SACD to computer.
search for "SACD ripping using an Oppo or Pioneer"

Very interesting Eloise! Thanks for the heads-up. I just happen to have an Oppo 103D...