Hi, Well - it is expensive, but not impossible. Here is one solution for ripping two channel stereo data from SACD to PCM format (i.e. normal format you can store and play on your computer) without ever passing through the analog domain.
You need a SACD player (of course) since there are no "readers" yet for computers. The SACD player must have a digital out, which is likely to be a Firewire IEEE1394. You can get the cheapest one here as long as it has Firewire out. Now - the problem is that the Firewire carries a "digital copy not allowed" and we don't want that (we would then need to hack things in the computer or sound card) so we need a translation to a digital format that does not have copy protection - such as AES (or dual AES). If you use a dCS Purcell upsampler (yes I know, it's expensive) it has exactly that, i.e. it can take IEEE 1394 in and put out AES (for signals up to 96 kS/s) or dual AES (up to 196 kS/s). You then need a sound card with AES in, or better, dual AES in. There are a few around (check out Lynx etc) but they are expensive-ish (told you so...). With this setup you will be able to record from a SACD to full quality (196 kS/s if you have dual AES) in normal PCM (wav) format onto your hard disk. The file will be BIG! If you have a good enough sound card you can use that for playing back your file on your Audiophile gear. But if you can afford all the above, you will probably prefer some special stuff (like a dCS Delius or Elgar DAC) connected to your sound card for maximum quality. That's it. Then just get a bigger hard disk... (No I haven't done it - I have the older non-firewire Purcell - but I've thought about getting a newer just for the hell of it) -- CarlOtto ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CarlOtto's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3581 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20148 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
