RalphO Wrote: 
> 
> The interesting thing for this thread is that I prefer to play my SB3
> through the DAC of the Arcam.  When I play a HDCD that I have ripped,
> the Arcam still detacts the 20 bit code and on comes the light.  I
> really did not expect that a ripped CD through the SB3 would do this. 
> Anyone else had this experience?


The fact that the SB2/3 maintains HDCD information with lossless
compressed or uncompressed HDCD rips (as long as the digital volume is
kept at full) has been discussed on these forums before. I guess it is
analogous to DTS or Dolby Digital pass through.

What is news to me is that the Arcam CD player can be used as an
external DAC like some Wadia and Cary players. Do newer Arcam players
still do HDCD decoding or have they discontinued this feature?

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