DTS 96/24 - An alternative?
Dec 26, 2003 at 11:58 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 5
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It could be a viable alternative to DVDA and SACD. It is higher resolution than the CD and can be decoded by an external converter via standard coaxial/optical outputs and any DVD player can act as a transport.


If DTS plays its cards right, it could have a better chance of catching on than SACD/DVDA.


Having said this, I just bought a whole bunch of SACDs
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PS - It just me or do SACDs sound somewhat surreal?
 
Dec 26, 2003 at 3:57 PM Post #2 of 5
It still uses a lossy compression scheme, no? That alone would kill it for audiophiles (let's get it out of the way - no matter how much DBT is done that says it sounds better than CD
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Dec 26, 2003 at 5:13 PM Post #3 of 5
But for high res decoding you still need the decoding chip for DTS 94/24. A regular DVD player would only play at 48khz. The external convertor could have the chip. But it would most likely be some theater pre/processor. It's good because it's backwards compatible but if there's a lack of copy protection I don't think labels would release much on it.
 
Dec 27, 2003 at 4:44 AM Post #4 of 5
MP3's are the greatest threat to audiophile music.

While the vast majority focus on quantity over quality, and this "near CD quality" bull$#!?!. Yeah, like my POS Mazda is Near Ferrari Quality.
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Yeah, we're a niche market, but a fanatical market at that.
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Dec 27, 2003 at 2:22 PM Post #5 of 5
They've been releasing DTS music for years now. It has not caught on, there's a paltry amount of titles, zero record company support. DTS has now adopted DVD-A, IIRC.
 
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