If would rather look for a hires streaming and / or download service in combination with a good network music player.

If you want to stay with phyiscal discs however, I would recommend a universal disc player such as Cambridge Audio CXU or an OPPO universal disc player. They have both excellent audio and video performance. 

Streaming? 😉

I'm oldschool in that respect and do not want do reorganize my entire music collection.

But still thanks for your reply! Can the DVD2 handle SACD?

Manbearpig wrote:

 Can the DVD2 handle SACD?

No way!

There are quite a lot  BluRay players (i.e. not the cheapest ones), that can playback SACD discs.

The teo mentioned above are among the best.

There are also/still 'only CD/SACD' players on the market - but these are mostly rather expensive.

(The Pioneer PD-30-K SACD is one at a resonable price level).

You should also consider, whether you want multichannel plyback or just 2-channel/stereo.

Depending on how you want to connect it, it might be best to look for a BluRay/SACD player.

Sometimes they have analog outputs (even as XLR) in addition to the HDMI output/s.

And some have a 'pure audio mode' as well.

If you want to connect it to a B&O-tv, you should consider having it PUC controlled.

Navigation as well as turning on/off will be easier tgen.

MM

Barry Santini wrote:

Why bother with SACD?

Probably because the op already has a collection og SACD's.

MM

Why not? It's not the worst of formats when it comes to multichannel listening. I still use an old Avant CRT. Is any of the models above compatible with that one?

Thanks!

Kai

Hi,

if you still use the old Avant i would suggest the Pioneer DV 696AV. It plays SACD, CD and DVD-Video and DVD-Audio Discs has SCART, FBAS, S-Video and Component Output, coaxial and optical SPDIF and decoded analog Audio and not to forget HDMI.

And it should be controllable by the DVD controller MK2.

It might still be possible to buy that second (or third) hand.

I've had the Pioneer DV-610AV for years (bought it secondhand then).

I used it with my old (long gone) BV Avant - scart and coax connected.

Mostly for playing DVD's/DVD-A's......and video files from a USB-stick ;-)))

But, don't forget - you won't get sound from the SACD using the coax/digital connection (for copyright reasons).

This only works using HDMI (though not on every old player) - or alternatively the analog outputs.

MM

Thanks very much!

My priority is just to be able to use high quality multi channel sources. It's more about the sound than about the picture. And many multi channel recordings are on Blue Ray or SACD. I already have the DVD2 connected to the Avant via Scart. I could probably make use of the second scart connection on top of that. Would this make sense?

Apparantly, there are no combined Blue Ray/SACD Players with analog output (the Avant can't handle digital signals, can it?). Wouldn't a standalone SACD player make more sense then?

Thanks again and sorry for my ignorance...

Kai