Does this play SACD's?
1792015
No, it plays only CDs, but it plays them very well. I would highly recommend this!
1792016
NO! But..........If the Disc in question happens to be a SACD 'HyBrid' Disc, then it will play the 'CD' layer. On the Hoffman site a few guys said that their Marantz decks wouldn't read the CD layer of a HyBrid disc-my experience is the opposite. With both my 6004 and 5004 and 5001 decks, I haven't had ONE TIME where they would not properly read the HyBrid discs.
1792017
The CD 6004 does NOT play SACD. But the Marantz CD8004 does play SACD.Charlie
1631480
It does, but this is a better player http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006LEYQK4/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I own both of these players and the link is the far better machine, it plays more types of files and more resolutions
2210692
What about stereo SACD output? Does this simply go through the regular audio outputs? I don't need to play 5.1 SACDs, but I want to hear SACDs in stereo.
1016543
I have my hooked up to my Yamaha 7.1 receiver and it play just fine. music cd I haven't tried.
206463
Yes, I pulled the CD tracks off the Genesis hybrid SACDs, it sounds damn near as good.
695222
It will read and play the regular "red book" format on the SACD disc. There is two signal on a SACD disc regular and SACD. All regular player read the standard format that it is on a SACD disc. But to read and play the SACD layer on that disc you need a SACD player like the Marantz SA 8005.
1526467
I have respoded to this question twice before. I don't know because I only use it to play cd's. Don't ask me again
1345817
yes it plays my cds that i have backed up its a great sounding player hope this answers your question phil..
658807
SACD is a disc format; this DAC does not play discs, but rather decodes files. It can and does decode Direct Stream Digital (DSD), which is the file format used in SACDs. In order to play SACDs, one must have an optical drive capable of reading the SACD format (which would include the ability to "unlock" the copy protection). Most optical drives for PCs or Macs do not include this function.
2251975
Thanks for your question. I don't think this will play DSD. You may want to check with the manufacturer for both format verification as well as transfer procedure. This is an incredible sounding player.
1196923
I'm not sure but you can try it. I just download my music form youtube and amazon mp3's and it also plays all mp4s,mp5 so on.
1224212
I'm not sure, but I was able to put .wav files on it and it plays them fine. The manufacturer might be able to tell you. According to the instructions, it does not play .wav - but it does!
1042386
Not sure. Haven't try it yet. However, it plays very good using the audio input. But, that's a good idea, I will try it out.
237648
I just checked the CD in mine and it is not a music CD, so it must be a data CD, and it plays fine. So I would say yes, it should.
1517719
Yes it does! This is one powerful deck and all the features described work flawlessly! I use it for archiving vinyl LPs for true analogue reproduction. It will take any commercially available CD-R, CD-RW and Music CD-Rs. And it will play any audio CD format on the market.
2251973
In fact SACDs CAN be ripped, ironically using the PS3. However, you cannot play the resulting files natively on the AK120. You would have to re-encoded them to hi-res FLAC. This re-encoding probably results in the loss of the very detail you want from SACD music. Whether this detail loss is audible or not is an open question. DSD files purchased from various web sites are not currently supported by the AK 120. Hopefully that will be addressed in the future as this player seems quite good.
911138
Yes, it will play from a Fat32 formatted 8GB(max) usb drive stick, with standard mp3's(it will support at max a 256bitrate mp3)