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In Reply to: RE: the source posted by Joe Murphy Jr on May 19, 2010 at 15:55:46

True. But if they have lossless for the surround master, one might expect... Didn't mean to sound so negative about it all, but 24/48 stereo isn't really much better than a CD, and has much more limited playability. I have a preference for sample rate over the bit depth, to tell the truth, if I had to choose one over the other...but we don't really have to choose with BD for any technical reason.
Obviously the selling point is the lossless surround track, but I just wish they'd truly consider the *audiophiles*, as inferred in the link, and offer high quality stereo instead of something that's really more for the AV/HT-philes who are most likely set up to play lossless surround. I guess it makes marketing sense though, considering most people (maybe not here) buy BDPs for video.
P.S. now that I think of it, how was the audio on the R30 BD? I only have the DVD, still thinking of "upgrading" even though they dumped the decent 2ch audio on the BD. I like that concert footage better than S&A's, shows more interesting close-ups of the band etc., more musician action and less crowd. Think I like the music selection overall better too.

Edits: 05/19/10

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