AdamCalifornia
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Hi all! I hope that this might be of some interest to you.
Sound and Vision
Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 2005, Las Vegas
CES Showstoppers- What's NOT HOT. Multichannel Music.
"DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD AREN'T DEAD--YET
. And you could find a few die-hard supporters at CES to KEEP both formats alive ....multichannel recording engineer Elliot Scheiner. But there were NO big hardware or software announcements, and the few-and-far-between panels were the only places where anyone was really talking about either format. With new releases having come almost completely to a HALT
and DualDisc future uncerttain it looks like DVD-Audio and SACD are likely remain AUDIOPHILE PLAYTHINGs."
The Perfect Vision
From the Editor
"High Definition Format War
The good news that we're about to get a high-definition disc format later this year that will have picture and SOUND quality light years beyond DVD ...
DVD's incredible popularity is no doubt due in part to a single, universal standard. Contrast its success with the FAILURE
of the DVD-Audio and SACD formats, which competed with each other to become CD's replacement."
High-Definition Video and High-Resolution Audio on a 5" Disc, by Robert Harley
...It's interesting to note that Direct Stream Digital (DSD) the encoding format developed by Sony for SACD is NOT part of the Blu-ray specifications. THIS FACT, coupled with the recent SHARP DECLINE in SACD titles from Sony Music suggests that SACD is a DEAD END.
That is a shame, because SACD is a terrific format, SONICALLY
and functionally."
(My capitalizations in above quotations.)
I think that those quotations depict the situation fairly.
By the way, in case some of you do not know, Robert Harley is an audio GURU.
See You on the Scary
Side of the Moon
Adam
Sound and Vision
Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 2005, Las Vegas
CES Showstoppers- What's NOT HOT. Multichannel Music.
"DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD AREN'T DEAD--YET
The Perfect Vision
From the Editor
"High Definition Format War
The good news that we're about to get a high-definition disc format later this year that will have picture and SOUND quality light years beyond DVD ...
DVD's incredible popularity is no doubt due in part to a single, universal standard. Contrast its success with the FAILURE
High-Definition Video and High-Resolution Audio on a 5" Disc, by Robert Harley
...It's interesting to note that Direct Stream Digital (DSD) the encoding format developed by Sony for SACD is NOT part of the Blu-ray specifications. THIS FACT, coupled with the recent SHARP DECLINE in SACD titles from Sony Music suggests that SACD is a DEAD END.
That is a shame, because SACD is a terrific format, SONICALLY
(My capitalizations in above quotations.)
I think that those quotations depict the situation fairly.
By the way, in case some of you do not know, Robert Harley is an audio GURU.
See You on the Scary
Adam