Best sounding SACD (and other hi res formats)

[Mike_S]

I’ve had this thread reopened, but have a new thread here bringing in Bluray audio as well:

SACD and Bluray hi-res audio

I’ve just added a HDMI de-embedder from my Cambridge Audio CXUHD Bluray Player to the ND555. This takes the audio HDMI signal and extracts it to full resolution which I output through coaxial to the streamer, enabling me to play 24/192 Bluray files at full resolution. This works very well for music concert Blurays. This got me interested in music only discs. I have Pink Floyd’s remaster of Animals on Bluray, so tried that - it was immense with the 24/192 LPCM playback. It was ahead of the vinyl…