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Originally Posted by EWL5
One minor correction on the capability of the A1UDCI. Although 16-bit 44kHz PCM is output over HDMI for SACD, it is possible to pass DSD over DenonLink if you connect the player to a receiver compatible with version 3 and above (version 2 will not pass DSD).
I'm sure the list of DenonLink3 and 4 AVR/prepros are quite small.
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Ahhh, that makes more sense. So it downconverts SACD's output to 16/44 for multichannel HDMI output only. It should be able to output the original DSD signal either via the analog outs or via Denon Link. Of course, Denon Link works best with Denon's $499 1.5m Cat5 cable:
http://www.usa.denon.com/productdetails/3429.asp 
It will be interesting to hear from those few users of this player using Denon Link with let's say a AVP-A1HDCI (they seem a likely pair) whether it sounds better than an Oppo (or any other player including the DVD-A1UDCI) streaming BD material to the AVP-A1HDCI via HDMI, or the analog outs from the DVD-A1UDCI on BD material.