Over the years I have had a few SACDs that cut-out, with various players & amps, I thought at first they were down to disc failures. However, DSD requires DSP to convert to analogue as it needs Noise Shaping to work, and if the DSD stream is at or above the conversion limit the algorithm will go unstable (leading to popping speakers) this is what appears to be happening with my Mr. Big. It is all down to how the DSD-PCM conversion is done, so some players will be happy others will not, and I have found on other discs the Oppo cuts the audio but not the amp and vice versa. This is the first disc where both cut the audio at roughly the same points in time no matter which I select to handle the DSD to PCM. It could be a defective disc but currently I don't think so. So I have an Oppo 203 & Pioneer SC-LX86.