Just bought a Reavon 4K Blu-ray player!

[Deleted member 196306]

It states on this piece of info about the Reavon players that both support SACD:

Tech newcomer Reavon launches two high-end Ultra HD Blu-ray players

Which is correct.

 

[Deleted member 196306]

Also on the Reavon website about SACD now:

Dolby Vision 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players - REAVON

Reavon 4K Ultra HD Dolby Vision HDR10 Blu-ray players, SDR / HDR conversion, SACD and DSD, dual HDMI. 7.1 RCA analog output, stereo XLR

www.reavon.com

 

[michael hoy]

Also on the Reavon website about SACD now:

Dolby Vision 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players - REAVON

Reavon 4K Ultra HD Dolby Vision HDR10 Blu-ray players, SDR / HDR conversion, SACD and DSD, dual HDMI. 7.1 RCA analog output, stereo XLR

www.reavon.com

It's the 200 that plays SACD.

 

[Deleted member 196306]

It's the 200 that plays SACD.

The 100 does too.

 

[jjbomber]

Have you still got the 100?

 

[Deleted member 196306]

Have you still got the 100?

Nope, but it did.

 

[michael hoy]

The 100 does too.

Are you sure it was the SACD track and not the stereo track.

 

[Deleted member 196306]

Are you sure it was the SACD track and not the stereo track.

What’s the difference?

 

[Deleted member 196306]

What’s the difference?

So the SACD is in higher resolution sound but can it also play in just stereo then?

Top 10: SACDs you can afford to buy – SuperDeluxeEdition

superdeluxeedition.com

 

[Deleted member 196306]

Surely SACD means it will just play on a compatible SACD player, if its not a SACD surely it wouldn’t play on one?

I have got a Panasonic 4K Blu-ray player that doesn’t play some of my SACDs, surely that’s all it means?

 

[abacus]

An SACD has both an SACD track and a CD track so it can be used on ordinary CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/4K UHD players. (SACD can also have 5.1 surround sound)

Bill

 

[Deleted member 196306]

An SACD has both an SACD track and a CD track so it can be used on ordinary CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/4K UHD players. (SACD can also have 5.1 surround sound)

Bill

Thanks Bill. I am still confused by my experiences though.

 

[Deleted member 196306]

Reavon UBR-X100

Can Reavon capture the home cinema enthusiast market with its first 4K Blu-ray player? Reavon UBR-X100 : Read more

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I think I understand now though. With this picture I took it says stereo on the SACD, so that means you wouldn’t be able to tell if it did 5.1 surround sound too by my picture. Is that right?

 

[Deleted member 196306]

Picture of SACD in full 5.1 surround on my CA:



I am pretty sure now the SACDs I played on the Reavon were Stereo sound! So that means I wouldn’t have been able to tell - pants!

 

[michael hoy]

Sorry just been watching a film.
As Bill stated SACD disks have both SACD and Stereo layers so that they can play on either device.
The Reavon site does not state SACD for the 100 only the 200.
Have you seen the pictures of the inside of the 100. 2 pcb's not as big as a cigarette packet and a disc drive.
A bit of a rip off for the price.

 

[doifeellucky]

Hence I stuck with the best LED in the range rather than going OLED. I guess you’ll get that with widescreen films as well with the black bars too and bottom - I used to see it on an old Panny plasma after watchin pig a couple of films.

I’m still using a Panasonic plasma, and although I sometimes see a bit of image retention, for example when my old virgin box used to boot up so text was on the screen for a few minutes, I’ve never noticed anything when switching from 2.35:1 to 16:9. Biggest issue is the noticeable change in brightness in dark scenes. Currently considering the A80J and C1.

 

[Deleted member 196306]

Sorry just been watching a film.
As Bill stated SACD disks have both SACD and Stereo layers so that they can play on either device.
The Reavon site does not state SACD for the 100 only the 200.
Have you seen the pictures of the inside of the 100. 2 pcb's not as big as a cigarette packet and a disc drive.
A bit of a rip off for the price.

Thanks mate.

 

[abacus]

Sorry just been watching a film.
As Bill stated SACD disks have both SACD and Stereo layers so that they can play on either device.
The Reavon site does not state SACD for the 100 only the 200.
Have you seen the pictures of the inside of the 100. 2 pcb's not as big as a cigarette packet and a disc drive.
A bit of a rip off for the price.

Going back decades equipment has been made primarily 19” rack mount size with enough depth to allow stacking, electronics on the other hand have got smaller and of way better quality then the old CD players which filled the box with electronics, (Hence modern players look empty) so while it may look a rip off compared to the oldies, its actually the opposite. (If they made them smaller people would be complaining they didn’t look right in their racks when mixed with their amps etc.)

Bill

 

[michael hoy]

Reavon.

OPPO 203

 

[davidf]

I’m guessing the Reavon in the pic is the 100, which doesn’t have any analogue outputs or DAC board, so there’s one, potentially two boards less for starters. Plus, even if you compared and Oppo 302 to a 103, there was a fair difference inside, as the 203 had a dedicated board for the two-channel analogue output that took care of unbalanced RCA and balanced XLR.

 

[michael hoy]

I’m guessing the Reavon in the pic is the 100, which doesn’t have any analogue outputs or DAC board, so there’s one, potentially two boards less for starters. Plus, even if you compared and Oppo 302 to a 103, there was a fair difference inside, as the 203 had a dedicated board for the two-channel analogue output that took care of unbalanced RCA and balanced XLR.

It is the 100 David. The 203 doesn't have XLR.
I was trying to compare two similar priced devices and their market place, the OPPO is better thought out and appears to be of better quality.
103 is not really any different to the 203 inside.

 

[Deleted member 196306]

Picture of SACD in full 5.1 surround on my CA:

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I am pretty sure now the SACDs I played on the Reavon were Stereo sound! So that means I wouldn’t have been able to tell - pants!

Just tried it on my Dad’s setup and it wouldn’t play in surround sound on the Pioneer BDP-LX71!

 

[bigboss]

Just tried it on my Dad’s setup and it wouldn’t play in surround sound on the Pioneer BDP-LX71!

Is the SACD coded in 5.1? If not, you won't get 5.1 sound.

 

[Al ears]

Is the SACD coded in 5.1? If not, you won't get 5.1 sound.

correct, there are a lot of two channel SACDs around, most of mine are.

 

[Deleted member 196306]

Is the SACD coded in 5.1? If not, you won't get 5.1 sound.

Yes, still not getting 5.1.