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canonical said:
Yes - increasingly so. Just look at the 'top sellers' lists at places like MDT ... and they are stacked with SACD titles, ... the SACD releases evidently sell very well ... pushing out even the majors who increasingly look like fumblers stuck with their old-fashioned CD releases. Time to smell the coffee. I suppose EMI has ... though I don't like the way they have done it. Still - they are obviously selling well.
Recently, Acoustic Sounds announced they were the largest seller of SACDs (both classical and popular) in the world. Although they don't offer discounts, they will offer free shipping (domestically) for orders over $79 and also offer discounts on bulk orders.
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Post by teac4010 July 30, 2012 (42 of 331)
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hiredfox said:
Strange indeed that "reputable (italics)" Hi Fi sages continue to confuse sample accuracy with quality.
You would think that after coming through the "Redbook" ultimate Hi-Fi sampling "snow job" higher minds would prevail in the entertainment industry "tribes".
Looking at the BD spec I see no mention of multichannel, did I miss something, are we all going to be using "Doobie" Dolby?
Regards. Peace
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teac4010 said:
You would think that after coming through the "Redbook" ultimate Hi-Fi sampling "snow job" higher minds would prevail in the entertainment industry "tribes".
Looking at the BD spec I see no mention of multichannel, did I miss something, are we all going to be using "Doobie" Dolby?
Regards. Peace
Not only is BD predominantly multichannel, Dolby in conjunction with the studios has now released some video titles which sport 96/24 Dolby True HD (previously most audio was 24/48 on video discs).
Some BD audio only titles also sport 24/192 stereo options.
Make no mistake, other than the inability to play on RBCD players, BD IS the most versatile 5" optical disc we have.
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rammiepie said:
Make no mistake, other than the inability to play on RBCD players, BD IS the most versatile 5" optical disc we have.
The inability to play on RBCD players seems likely to hinder development of the audio BD format, since most audio productions are likely to continue in RBCD for some time. I think this is probably a commercial experiment that, after a great deal of misplaced enthusiasm, will end up as a forgotten niche in a niche market. Perhaps not another Betamax, but similar.
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Euell Neverno said:
The inability to play on RBCD players seems likely to hinder development of the audio BD format, since most audio productions are likely to continue in RBCD for some time. I think this is probably a commercial experiment that, after a great deal of misplaced enthusiasm, will end up as a forgotten niche in a niche market. Perhaps not another Betamax, but similar.
Euell, since a lot of the classical companies are seeminly cleaning out their houses releasing vast amounts of RBCDs for pennies on the dollar, BD with its enormous capacity could not only do away with 16 bit repetition but allow them to release these discs on one or two or three BDs in a higher resolution (since most have already been remastered in 96/24 anyway).
Talk about going green......what could fit on 20 RBCDs in 16bit could probably fit on 5 BDs at a higher resolution.
In the end, everyone would benefit.
The potential is enormous but the execution is still in limbo!
To do the same on SACD would be much less cost effective........
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Post by DSD July 30, 2012 (46 of 331)
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Rammiepie stereo-only SACDs will play up to 4 hours and 15 minutes using both the stereo and multichannel areas of the disc for stereo. Thus 20 Stereo RBCDs could be on 5 SACDs also at high resolution. BIS released a few called "Ultra Extended Playing Time SACD".
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Claude said:
There is a specification for Blu-ray Audio discs (Blu-ray Profile 3.0) that requires discs to start playing without menue interaction.
General misconception, sorry. Profile 3 does not specify audio-only Blu-ray Discs but audio-only Blu-ray Disc *players* -- of which none has been made ever.
The issue has however been solved. See http://www.pureaudio-bluray.com/?page_id=2
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teac4010 said:
Looking at the BD spec I see no mention of multichannel, did I miss something, are we all going to be using "Doobie" Dolby?
Not sure where you've been looking but BD offers plenty of multichannel options including Dolby Digital, DD Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS 5.1, DTS-HD, DTS-HD Master Audio and more. Only DSD and DST are sadly lacking from the list of optional audio formats. Note that unlike earlier Dolby and DTS technologies the new formats support discrete multichannel audio and lossless compression.
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Post by seth July 30, 2012 (49 of 331)
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Euell Neverno said:
The inability to play on RBCD players seems likely to hinder development of the audio BD format, since most audio productions are likely to continue in RBCD for some time. I think this is probably a commercial experiment that, after a great deal of misplaced enthusiasm, will end up as a forgotten niche in a niche market. Perhaps not another Betamax, but similar.
If were running a label, I'd offer a free download at CD resolution to supplement the BD audio only release -- that way people can have a copy of the music on their iPod for when they are on the go. And at CD resolution, it's no better or worse than what you'd get if you ripped the music from a CD/SACD.
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Post by DSD July 30, 2012 (50 of 331)
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seth said:
If were running a label, I'd offer a free download at CD resolution to supplement the BD audio only release -- that way people can have a copy of the music on their iPod for when they are on the go. And at CD resolution, it's no better or worse than what you'd get if you ripped the music from a CD/SACD.
Actually I rip my SACDs and DVD-Audios using the analog outs at 24/96kHz for computer use and make a 24/48kHz version for iPod use, I could do the same thing for BD-audio.
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