Quote Originally Posted by Woochifer
That would depend on which universal player you're looking at. A lot of newer universal players incorporate DACs that natively decode both PCM and DSD signals on the same chip. Burr-Brown came out with this design about three years ago, and it's been widely used. (Even Sony's dedicated SACD players use these Burr-Brown combo DACs) Previously, universal players either had to build two separate signal decoding paths into one player (which added to the costs) or convert the 1-bit DSD signal into PCM.
How about DVD87 by Cambridge Audio ($269.00). This player sounds pretty impressive, but it uses CS4360 DAC. http://www.cirrus.com/en/products/pro/detail/P150.html

This site says that its dynamic range is 102db. I thought SACD format was supposed to be 120db of DR.

Help me out here Wooch since you know best.