either via IEEE 1394 or more commonly, HDMI. SACD players are not permitted to offer an output carrying an unencrypted stream of DSD. 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. All PlayStation 3 models, however, will play DSD Disc format. The PlayStation 3 was capable of converting multi-channel DSD to lossy 1.5 Mbit/s DTS for playback over S/PDIF using the 2.00 system software. The subsequent revision removed the feature. Several brands have introduced (mostly high-end) Blu-ray Disc and Ultra HD Blu-ray players that can play SACD discs. Unofficial playback of SACD disc images on a PC is possible through freeware audio player foobar2000 for Windows using an open source plug-in extension called SACDDecoder. macOS music software Audirvana also supports playback of SACD disc images. See also DSD-CD DualDisc Extended Resolution Compact Disc (XRCD) High Definition Compatible Digital (HDCD) Timeline of audio formats References Bibliography Janssen, E.; Reefman, D. "Super-audio CD: an introduction". Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE Volume 20, Issue 4, July 2003, pp. 83–90. External links Super Audio Compact Disc: A Technical Proposal, Sony (archived PDF) SA-CD.net Reviews of SACD releases and a discussion forum. Audiovisual introductions in 1999 Compact disc DVD Audio storage