gdg wrote: > Pat Farrell;227303 Wrote: >> gdg wrote: >>> People are beginning to speculate that these new formats may be >> utilized by the music industry.
>> What new formats? SACD and DVD-A? They are hardly new, they were >> defined last century. They have failed in the market. Some boutique >> audiophile labels still making them, essentially like audiophile >> vinyl pressings. > > For the last time either actually read my posts or pay atention to > what is going on in the home theater industry. I'll say it for the > third time...I'm refering to the new High Def Video players that > include high rez multichannel audio capability. And I'm supposed to know that from one post with no quoting? Get a grip. How about you learn how to post, eh? I really don't give an F about home theater, I'm an audiophile, this is an audiophile forum. The reality is that multi-channel audio has failed because not only was there a silly and unneeded format war, but there was no attempt to standardize what was needed for playback. Home theater is fairly well defined, multi-channel audio is not. Some recordings need full range speakers in the back, some put you in the middle of the orchestra. This is the same crap that releases in the "quad era" played with. Not realistic, and not interesting past 10 minutes. I believe that multi-channel playback with the rear and side channels used for less than full range is wonderful, but that is not how a lot of recordings are mixed. Little plastic disks for music and audio are dead. Blue ray vs HD-DVD is too late for anyone to care about. All IMHO, in case you can't tell. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
