streaml1ne wrote: > re: content. True, for me the bonus of DVD-A is multichannel playback. > It's nice to see how the producer remasters content to take advantage > of the extra channels.
One big problem with all the multi-channel systems for audiophile quality reproduction is the lack of standards. I tend to think that The Absolute Sound has the right idea on this part, where they want to reproduce music as it was played. They tend to go overboard on occasion, but that is a separate thread. Some producers use the multi-channel for ambience, others seem to fall into the 60s stoner-rock equivalent of "wow, I can make the lead guitar come out of the left rear channel". Which is really disorienting IMHO, as the lead guitar belongs up on the stage. Other producers do the "you are on stage, with the band surrounding you" orientation, which is equally wrong IMHO. The sound on stage is not close to what the paying customers get in the center of the second or third rows. That is the traditional "best seat in the house" position. Both DVD-A and SACD multitrack in all sorts of strange positions with four, five, and sometimes seven 'main' channels, plus LFE/sub. I believe that the market would have worked better if they only required two serious speakers, and setup for smaller speakers with higher WAF for the hall ambience. No way that my wife would allow six of my Sonus Faber speakers in the living room. I think this is all moot, the mass market doesn't even require RedBook CD quality, they listen to third generation bootleg MP3s. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
