SACD Ripping using an Oppo or Pioneer? Yes, it's true!

[billbillw]

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Phthalocyanine, That is potentially great news. Those Sony models go cheap on eBay. I may just grab one to try it out. 

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I'd like to put in a little warning that there is a strong possibility that the Sony BDP-S790 uses a different chip than the S490/S590. I was curious because Sony describes the S790 as having a dual core processor whereas the S490/S590 do not. I've been digging in service manuals and it does appear that the main IC101 has a different internal Sony part number. 

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18 minutes ago, Phthalocyanine said:

@billbillw

 

I have the service manuals and it looks like the IC101 in the BDP-185 is part CXD90007G-AA.  The IC101 for the BDP-S590 is variously listed as CXD90007G-AA and CXD90008G-AA.  So it looks like you're on to something.

 

The service manual I have for the S590 shows IC101 as CXD90008G-AA. The manual for the S790 shows IC101 as CXD90011G-CB/CC. With Sony, you never know what the actual chip may be. 

 

That said, I still think the S790 'may' work since it apparently uses the same source code as shown here:

http://oss.sony.net/Products/Linux/Video/category01.html

 

If I owned an S790, I would definitely give ripping a try with the newfound trick above. Since I will be buying one to hopefully rip my 30 or so SACD, I will stick to the S590 or the Pioneer 80FD since those are the only two that can be found easily for under $200 (much less for the Sony).

 

Early in this thread, there was one person who said they owned an S790. I hope they are still following and try ripping again.