CVIII wote -
" .... so my conclusion is that DVD Audio will win. Go buy one. At this time, the titles for it are limited but, like everyone else who is interested in the outcome of the race, "they" are waiting for a clear winner before committing big bucks. When a winner is apparent, more titles will come.
Just my opinion. I'm excited. "
from: Studentii
SACD vs DVD
I don't know -
There are two aspects here for me
1. Are these two separate and independent
streams of technical development
or
2. Are Sony and Phillips just realising the're behind
with this one and they'd better start catching up
real quick.
< as most will know, Sony and Phillips claim credit
for the development of the CD >< it's probably
true >
" resting on Laurels " is not recommended operational
or design practice.
I am reminded of the development of Calculus in
Mathematics, The version we use is the one developed
by Sir Isaac Newton, but he had an opposite Number in
Germany at the time, a Chap called Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. Gottfried followed the same general
mathematical principles, but expressed the numbers
differently. The final result, the answer had to be the same of course, but the method of presentation was different. The other very relevant fact is that the use of Calculus in primitive form goes back at least to the time of Archimedes.
The point of this comparison is simply to say that most successful research comes from a great number of people , not just a few, and in quite a lot of cases, the end product is the same for all practical purposes.
If we are dealing with research at an equal level
( SACD vs DVD ) we have to ask ourselves the question
is it one Company's ploy against another. or is it a genuine improvement in the status quo.
If we consider the major Players in the Digital Music Playback on you Computer Field, there are significant differences that can be objectively measured. We all
know which Player is one of the best ones around for that.
When it comes to Hardware, which is what we are talking about, if you cannot hear the difference, keep your money in the Bank. The only Hi Fi test that matters is what you hear and how you react to it. That is why there is no objectively valid Audio format. All formats are valid, Mono, Stereo, Multi Track. It depends entirely upon what you want and how much of it you can hear,
and the acoustic effect you want.
Some Hardware will improve,
the best speaker cable that you can afford
the best patching leads that you can afford
Some tecniques help,
get your Listening Room as acoustically accurate
as you can
A major improvement I made quite some years ago
was to install a DSP - Digital Sound Processor
The modern DVD Players are really no more than that,
a glorified DSP, although admittedly with far better electronic chips and DAC's.
The technology of Playback is not new. What is new is the Studio Mastering Techniques. I think that we should
wait and see.
What I have done is to install a DVD Player with a
192Khz/24 DAC ( yes there is a difference to the 96Khz)
and play Data CD's to MP3 VBR format which I have burned from my computer music database. The difference with just this one change is staggering. No
multi track, just ordinary old two channel CD's as the
initial source material. And no other changes to my Home Hi Fi except the addition of the DVD Player.
No, I am not knocking Multi Track which is the " top " of the " Quadraphonic Mountain ". But as to SACD,
I'll just wait and see.
Regards
Hilary Petrie
Australia