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"K. B." wrote in message ...

I'm more interested in the objective side of audio
rather than the subjective side.

It seems that (multichannel) DVD-Audio and SACD formats
failed in the marketplace, Blu-ray w/PCM or Dolby TrueHD
(maybe DTS-HD too) is the only widely available option for
getting accurate multichannel audio to consumers.

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Kirk Bayne
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I think that DVD-Audio and SACD failed because the manufacturers did not
educate the public as to the advantages of these formats and the fact that
you need to have decent quality equipment; all the way through your system
to hear the sonic improvements that these formats can give you compared to
regular CDs. I know that CD Japan and other sources apparently offer close
to 1000 SACDs or maybe more. Also HDCD was an improvement over standard CD
as well but for some reason Micro$oft purchased that company possibly to
take it out of production it seems, I may be wrong here?

I'm using a Cambridge Audio Universal Blu-ray player that does all of these
formats and I can hear the difference compared to standard CDs, but I know
that a dedicated SACD player from Sony would probably sound even better. I
have heard that a $2000.00 player is in order to really experience the
difference.

Shaun