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In Reply to: DVD-Audio, are we waiting in vain, what's the deal man?? posted by audioman on March 30, 2001 at 01:12:33:
1. SACD hybrid discs are backward compatible with CD players. Last year 50 million CD players were sold versus 5 million DVD players. You can't play DVD-A in your car, PC, boombox, or non-DVD based stereo system. Many DVD-A owners need to also buy a CD of their favorate albums. I own about 30 SACDs. I own none of these on CD or LP, but I am thinking about buying one, Abraxas, which by the way, I own in LP and CD remastered. This SACD is getting rave reviews.2. SACD does not require a video monitor.
3. SACD sounds better.
4. SACD has a better stereo tracks than DVD-A.
5. SACD's copy protection has no effect on the audio signal, DVD-A's does. The Forum still hasn't solved this problem. (Sony's protection detection occurs only in the player. The signal is imprinted on the disc, and is kept separate from the audio signal. Since many DD/DTS decoders are in the preamp, receiver, or separate DAC/processor, detection needs to occur with the processor--so the copy protection signal must be embedded into the audio signal.)
6. Much of the DVD-A hardware has been mid-fi (e.g. Panasonic A7, JVC). Even the step-up Technics A-10 and Denon are no competition for the lowest priced SACD player, the SCD-333ES.
7. Much of the current DVD-A software is poorly engineered.
8. There's over 400 SACDs available world-wide--about 40 DVD-As. EMI, Linn, and Virgin just released their first SACDs. Now over 10 Labels produce SACDs. Right now, only Warner and DTS are the main DVD-A producers.
9. In this month's Stereophile Recommendation List, in the A+ category there's 4 CD players recommended. Three are SACD players, and the fourth is a $15,000 Meridian CD player. There's no DVD-A player anywhere in the Recommended list. Not even Class D.
10. The latest The Absolute Sound states that they will increase their coverage of SACD hardware and software.
11. Sony is coming out with $300 and $400 list SACD players this summer. SACD is being added to Sony's Dream Systems.
12. I bought two DVD-A players (a $500 and $600 player) and returned them both. CD, DVD-V audio, and DVD-A wasn't good enough. I thought this was a cheap way to a universal player. I now have 3 DVD-As (Nevelle, Merchant, and Nelson), which are supposed to be the best DVD-As, sitting on the shelf gathering dust. I can play the Nevelle in compressed DD, but it's too grainy. SACD has spoiled me.
Now, why is SACD going to take a big fall?
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Follow Ups
- Why is SACD going to make a hard fall? - Tommart 08:19:07 03/31/01 (10)
- Why SACD is going to make a hard fall - Rob Doorack 13:49:54 04/04/01 (8)
- The co-workers and friends... - Rich 15:00:29 04/04/01 (7)
- Irrelevant? - Rob Doorack 15:16:04 04/04/01 (6)
- You missed the point entirely... - Rich 10:45:45 04/05/01 (5)
- No, you've missed the point - Rob Doorack 13:34:15 04/05/01 (4)
- Re: No, you've missed the point - Roland 12:58:57 04/07/01 (0)
- You don't seem ... - Rich 14:59:53 04/05/01 (2)
- When the flaws in your argument are exposed, resort to insults, eh Rich? - Rob Doorack 15:51:25 04/05/01 (1)
- You've... - Rich 19:33:57 04/05/01 (0)
- Tell it, brother! Amen, amen! =) (nt) - D 10:46:20 03/31/01 (0)
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