Sound/Music better than CD

[knyghtbyte]

u find more rock on SACD...but there is some rock on DVD-A too......search around, try Amazon for starters......
I got Queen's A Night At The Opera......fantastic

I got The Crystal Methods DVD-A release of one of their previous albums, personally i dont think the original is their best work, but at least the DVD-A livens it up by panning it around a bit, and its in DTS-ES Discrete as well, so if u got a 6.1 amp u get a cool effect.....
but being mostly electronica it doesnt really make much difference to the quality of the sounds, there is a difference but very small in comparison to say some classical or jazz....

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: knyghtbyte
the soundstage part varies from disc to disc, alas the one i was looking forward to the most, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots turned out to be too mucked around with and just didnt work at all, yet the REM A.F.T.P, a relatively simple album compared to Yoshimi, was mixed into 5.1 spanktastically

I liked the way Yoshimi was done.

 

[knyghtbyte]

there are two releases of Yoshimi, one is a USA 2 disc affair with the normal CD album and the DVD-A part has some other bits and pieces, the other is the UK release which is limited i think to just the basic tracks done in DVD-A, i dont know tho if they remixed them differently for the UK release or if its the same as the US release, just with some of the extras missing...
i had the US two disc affair, it was ok on some tracks, but a few just didnt work for me........i might buy the UK version in case they have done things more like REM did and just used the extra channels to space the sound out, rather than whizzing it around in circles...lol

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: knyghtbyte
SACD & DVD-Audio discs are superior to CD....they can play in ultra high res in stereo or very high res in surround sound, and benefit from extended freq range....i did post in a thread at one point that had a lot of info on the mp3 versus CD debate and i think there was a few mentions of DVD-Audio and SACD but i didnt read all the posts, just skimmed....will see if i can find it....

just to give u an idea while im looking...

CD = 16bit / 44khz
DVD-Audio = 24bit / 192khz in stereo, or 24bit / 96khz 5.1 surround sound.
SACD = from what i remember its the same as DVD-Audio, but i think uses different way of accessing the data.

DVD-Audio can be played in normal DVD players usually, but only accessing PCM/Dolby Digital quality sound, some are DTS 5.1 or DTS 96/24. There are Universal machines and single use DVD-Audio players that allow you to access the high res DVD-Audio. Not many discs exist tho that use over 96khz, in fact almost none that im aware of use 192khz yet...lol

SACD usually can be played in SACD players for the high res, or CD players for normal CD quality PCM, or Universal players that do SACD, DVD-Audio, DVD-video and CD.

I know the technical specs for DVD-A and SACD are higher than normal CDs but how do they sound? Is it something that only an audiophile with golden ears can appreciate?

Not really. DVDa and SACD are immediately noticible as "more musical, softer and just better" CDs have always sounded kind of 'edgy' and bright.

Plus there is the multichannel surround aspect.

 

[Shawn]

DVD audio CDs are nice.

 

[bandana163]

Originally posted by: BigJ
I'm sorry but I can't help but laugh everytime I read DVD-A.

I don't like DVDA movies.
They are so confusing.

 

[knyghtbyte]

Originally posted by: Vaerilis

Originally posted by: BigJ
I'm sorry but I can't help but laugh everytime I read DVD-A.

I don't like DVDA movies.
They are so confusing.

uh, your reply to the quote is confusing...lol
(but then i am now under the influence of most of a bottle of wine..lol)

DVD-A movies confusing?

DVD-A discs can have movie material on it, but its normally low grade 'how it was made DVD-Video stylee' stuff

whats the confusing part?

 

[MustISO]

I'd love to see some older albums put onto DVD-A or SACD. I don't care much about the multi-channel aspect but the higher resolution would be great.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
I wish more bands did DVD-Audio versions of their albums.

The differences I can tell is more richer bass and then the surround mix is just cool. Things sound clearer, like voices and things just don't jumble together as much (you can more easily pick up on a subtle guitar riff for instance).

Its kinda good that DVD-Audio isn't as popular as schlock like Ashlee Simpson just doesn't belong on it, but then again there's not much other than jazz and classical music to listen to on it (not that either of those are bad, but I just wish there was more rock).

it doesn't have as much to do with DVD-Audio as it does with the engineer.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Supercharged
DVD audio CDs are nice.

what the hell is a DVD Audio CD?

 

[knyghtbyte]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Supercharged
DVD audio CDs are nice.

what the hell is a DVD Audio CD?

good point...lol

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: knyghtbyte

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Supercharged
DVD audio CDs are nice.

what the hell is a DVD Audio CD?

good point...lol

DVD-A on one side CD on the other?

 

[knyghtbyte]

Originally posted by: biostud

Originally posted by: knyghtbyte

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Supercharged
DVD audio CDs are nice.

what the hell is a DVD Audio CD?

good point...lol

DVD-A on one side CD on the other?

i guess it would help people tell the difference in quality easier, put in the CD side, listen, take out and turn over, listen to the DVD-Audio side, ta da, improvement

 

[SludgeFactory]

Originally posted by: OCNewbie
Forget if it was in off-topic, but I remember reading in a thread a while back someone linked a file that had a sample of some music I guess that was "better than CD". I guess because the source was something superior?

Anyway, if anybody has a clue what I'm talking about, please give me a link to the old thread (not sure how to search for it, which keywords, etc.), or a link to something similar, I'd appreciate it, thanks =)

I think I know what you're talking about, a couple songs straight from master tapes were posted in mp3 format. i.e. they weren't put through the modern commerical butchering, err, mastering process.

not sure how to find that thread, and I doubt the links work anymore anyway.

 

[bandana163]

Originally posted by: knyghtbyte

Originally posted by: Vaerilis

Originally posted by: BigJ
I'm sorry but I can't help but laugh everytime I read DVD-A.

I don't like DVDA movies.
They are so confusing.

uh, your reply to the quote is confusing...lol
(but then i am now under the influence of most of a bottle of wine..lol)

DVD-A movies confusing?

DVD-A discs can have movie material on it, but its normally low grade 'how it was made DVD-Video stylee' stuff

whats the confusing part?

Urbandictionary has the answer you need.

 

[thejackal1]

i woul try out flupppies dic soemtiners