Editing Super Audio CD (section)

== Playback hardware ==

The Sony SCD-1 player was introduced concurrently with the SACD format in 1999, at a price of approximately US$5,000.<ref name="audiophilia"/> It weighed over {{Convert|26|kg}} and played two-channel SACDs and [[Compact Disc Digital Audio|Red Book]] CDs only. Electronics manufacturers, including [[Onkyo]],<ref name="Onkyo"/> [[Denon]],<ref name="Denon"/> [[Marantz]],<ref name="Marantz1"/><ref name="Marantz2"/> [[Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer]]<ref name="Pioneer1"/><ref name="Pioneer2"/> and [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]]<ref name="Yamaha"/> offer or offered SACD players. [[Sony]] has made in-car SACD players.<ref name="highfidelityreview"/>

In order to play back SACD content digitally without any conversion, some players are able to offer an output carrying encrypted streams of DSD, either via [[IEEE 1394]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sony SCD-XA9000ES Operating Instructions |url=https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/res/manuals/W000/W0009494M.pdf |publisher=Sony Electronics Inc. |page=32 |quote=i.LINK section, Format (output)}}</ref> or more commonly, [[HDMI]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harley |first1=Robert |title=New Information on Oppo Blu-ray Player |url=https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/new-information-on-oppo-blu-ray-player-1/ |website=The Absolute Sound |date=11 December 2008}}</ref>

SACD players are not permitted to offer an output carrying an unencrypted stream of DSD.<ref name="sacd-playback"/>

The first two generations of Sony's PlayStation 3 game console were capable of reading SACD discs. Starting with the third generation (introduced October 2007), SACD playback was removed.<ref name="ps3sacd-faq"/> All PlayStation 3 models, however, will play DSD Disc format. The PlayStation 3 was capable of converting multi-channel DSD to [[lossy]] 1.5&nbsp;Mbit/s [[DTS (sound system)|DTS]] for playback over [[S/PDIF]] using the 2.00 [[PlayStation 3 system software|system software]]. The subsequent revision removed the feature.<ref name="ps3sacd-news-2007-11-22"/>

Several brands have introduced (mostly [[High-end audio|high-end]]) [[Blu-ray Disc]] and [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]] players that can play SACD discs.<ref name="ps3sacd-players"/>

Unofficial playback of SACD [[disc image]]s on a PC is possible through [[freeware]] [[Audio player (software)|audio player]] [[foobar2000]] for [[Windows]] using an [[Open-source license|open source]] plug-in extension called [[SACDDecoder]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Korzunov |first=Yuri |date=November 1, 2018 |title=Foobar2000 {{!}} How to play DSD: DSF DFF SACD ISO? |url=https://samplerateconverter.com/educational/play-dsf-foobar2000 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=samplerateconverter.com |language=en}}</ref> [[macOS]] music software [[Audirvana]] also supports playback of SACD disc images.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-14 |title=Is it possible to play SACD .ISO files directly in AUdirvana |url=https://community.audirvana.com/t/is-it-possible-to-play-sacd-iso-files-directly-in-audirvana/23276 |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Audirvana |language=en}}</ref>