Walkdude
New Head-Fier
I recently got a BDP-S590 at my local junk shop and downgraded its firmware to allow it to play my SACDs backed up on DVD+R. (Sony--in a fit of anti-consumer behavior that is becoming all too common-- removed this functionality in the early teens so that inserting a copied DVD+R SACD gives the error "FALSE.")
Anyway, I am using the RCA analogue stereo jacks on the back and I'm wondering what sort of DAC is in BDP-S590. As is typical with Sony, the manual says nothing about what sort of hardware is inside. Searching the internet also seems to be completely fruitless, except in revealing that people think these players suck. Surely the lowly BDP-S590 is not capable of "native DSD" playback? My ears are not good enough to tell...it sounds fantastic to me. The screen says it is playing "DSD 2ch" but I wonder if it isn't getting resampled to 48KHz PCM before being converted to analog?
Just for fun, I also tried the optical digital out and it didn't sound too good at all: kind of shrill and tinny but that could be the fault of the DAC in the el cheapo Amazon amp I have; in any case adding another layer of conversion reveals nothing about the BDP-S590...I was just curious to see what would happen. (The Amazon amp is the only thing I have that accepts optical input anyway...)
Anyone who knows about electronics ever taken on of these players apart to identify what kind of DAC produces the analog audio output on BDP-S590?
Anyway, I am using the RCA analogue stereo jacks on the back and I'm wondering what sort of DAC is in BDP-S590. As is typical with Sony, the manual says nothing about what sort of hardware is inside. Searching the internet also seems to be completely fruitless, except in revealing that people think these players suck. Surely the lowly BDP-S590 is not capable of "native DSD" playback? My ears are not good enough to tell...it sounds fantastic to me. The screen says it is playing "DSD 2ch" but I wonder if it isn't getting resampled to 48KHz PCM before being converted to analog?
Just for fun, I also tried the optical digital out and it didn't sound too good at all: kind of shrill and tinny but that could be the fault of the DAC in the el cheapo Amazon amp I have; in any case adding another layer of conversion reveals nothing about the BDP-S590...I was just curious to see what would happen. (The Amazon amp is the only thing I have that accepts optical input anyway...)
Anyone who knows about electronics ever taken on of these players apart to identify what kind of DAC produces the analog audio output on BDP-S590?
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