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Music on DVD vs CD or SACD - any difference?
Hi, I'm new here and just getting into audio and music (jazz / vocals mostly).
This may be a dumb question but is there any difference in the music quality between different media formats?
Let's say that Diana Krall's "Live in Paris" is available on video DVD (or Blu-ray), CD and SACD. Would the music quality be the same between all formats (assuming 2 ch playback) -- would one be relatively indifferent?
I'd probably pick up the DVD / Blu-ray to get the video aspects of a performance unless the CD / SACD version would be noticeably better.
This may be a dumb question but is there any difference in the music quality between different media formats?
Let's say that Diana Krall's "Live in Paris" is available on video DVD (or Blu-ray), CD and SACD. Would the music quality be the same between all formats (assuming 2 ch playback) -- would one be relatively indifferent?
I'd probably pick up the DVD / Blu-ray to get the video aspects of a performance unless the CD / SACD version would be noticeably better.
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Hi guys -- I'm not sure if there are Blu-ray audio disks. I guess I don't have any comparative experiences between the audio quality between: 1) DVD (video of Live in Paris); not DVD-A 2) Blu-ray (video of Live in Paris) 3) DVD-A (obsolete? but better than SACD per Eldatford -- for the uninitiated like me -- why is DVD-A better than SACD?) 4) SACD I would guess that DVD-A and SACD would contain better audio (since they contain DSD -- I don't think DVD and BR contain DSD audio unless it's a special option on select titles?). So, I think I just answered my own question :) Sorry -- I'm still learning about this stuff. |
Saru... DVDA is not DSD. Just straightforward 24/96 for multichannel and 24/192 for stereo. (IMHO DSD is all Sony hype). The bandwidth provided by DVDA can be used in different ways. Many DVDA include a lot of video... discussion of the music etc. The audio mix can be selected at playback... "Stage" or "Audience". I have both SACD and SACD and both can sound much better than a CD depending, as always, on the mix. However, my very best discs happen to be DVDA. |
I have yet to be impressed with SACD, but DVD-A is brilliant. I'd say CD and DVD-Video are on par. I know DVD-Video has the extra word length and sample rate, but DVDs never sound much if any better than CDs to me. Maybe it's the material. I'm not sure I can tell the diff between SACD and CD. I'd put DVD-A up there with vinyl. Maybe above. |
"I have yet to be impressed with SACD, but DVD-A is brilliant." I would suggest starting from these Nat King Cole SACD titles mastered by Steve Hoffman |