redeye1964 Posted June 26, 2022 Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) l'm wanting to connect a Sony UBP-X700 player (for sacd playback) to a Marantz PM5004 amp. The sony only has hdmi outputs (av & audio) outputs and a digital coax out and the amp only has analog rca input jacks. Which is the better way to go, hdmi or coax for audio only? ls it as simple as a cable or do l need a converter of some sort?..........l'm not up to speed with this era of gear Edited June 26, 2022 by redeye1964
Guest Posted June 26, 2022 Posted June 26, 2022 Sony will not allow SACD output via coax, only via HDMI. You will need to get a HDMI de-embedder to extract the HDMI signal to optical or coax digital to feed a DAC. If the DAC is not capable of DSD (SACD), you can use the Sony convert it to PCM.
redeye1964 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Posted June 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, Snoopy8 said: Sony will not allow SACD output via coax, only via HDMI. You will need to get a HDMI de-embedder to extract the HDMI signal to optical or coax digital to feed a DAC. If the DAC is not capable of DSD (SACD), you can use the Sony convert it to PCM. There is a dedicated hdmi audio jack on the sony so can l coonect straight to a DAC without a de-embedder?
Guest Posted June 26, 2022 Posted June 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, redeye1964 said: There is a dedicated hdmi audio jack on the sony so can l coonect straight to a DAC without a de-embedder? It does not matter which HDMI output you use. If you have a DAC with HDMI input, likely an eARC port for TV input, it may be possible??? But I have never owned a DAC with HDMI input.
avantasia1582 Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 I'm on the same boat with you. I've been using 4K Bluray player to Blustream SW41AB-V2 to DAC then to integrated amp. You can bypass the DAC by using the line out from the Blustream. Or cheaper option is Blustream SP12AB-V2 similar line output without HDMI switching
Misternavi Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 SACD playback will be tricky, sounds like you need a Matching sony receiver to connect via hdmi for SACD If you can live with SACD (DSD) converted to PCM -coax out to a DAC to the Amp -HDMI to Tv , TV optical out to DAC -HDMI to Tv , TV analogue out via headphone jack to amp (will need 3.5mm jack to RCA cable)
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