Very nice looking device. One could record the digital output of this device through a digital input sound card. Not as easy as ripping a CD, but at least doable.
Rather expensive. I'm sure they wan to recoupe the costs of the custom programmed chip. But, even more, I think they need the money to hire a good lawyer. They're right that there's nothing in the DCMA that specifically prohibits digital outputs on devices, but Sony has gone to great ends to license SACD with the condition that digital output will be an encrypted stream. Maybe, at the price this interface is being offered, Sony will figure that the quantities will be to low to care. It will be interesting to see how it works out. I wouldn't mind having one, but it's too expensive given that I have less than 20 SACDs (and no SACD player; I got them because the mastering was good on the Redbook layer, also.) -- Timothy Stockman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy Stockman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8867 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36917 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
