DVD-A Ripoff!
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Drifting
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DVD-A Ripoff!
The DVD A audio format sounds great if its mixed right(Linkin Park Reannimation, Queens the game) but many artists seem to put out previous recordings in DVD-A format to sucker some more money out of the public.. Case in point.. Santana's Supernatural. This is a great recording and I love Santana however I spent 20 dollars to only find out it sounds not even as good as the CD....its mixed poorly.. many tracks you can barely hear Santana's guitar. I think we should all post any DVDA reviews when we buy them to avoid ALL of us wasting our money.
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hmm
Originally Posted by Norse396
I like DTS better than DVD-A and usually research the CD prior to purchase to verify the work done to the CD is what I'm looking for.
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sacd does not work in the TL. the selection is actually better than dvd-a and there are more companies supporting that format right now. you have to be careful with dvd-a's, try larger record stores that let you listen to them before purchasing. its going to be hard to find a store that has the dvd-a you are interested in being demo'ed. also read audiophile forums for reviews of the dvd-a's.
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Decent site that reviews DVD-Audio and SACD titles.: http://www.highfidelityreview.com/index.asp
SilverJ you are 100% correct - quality varies from disc to disc. Many are just "shovelware" (borrowed from back when CD-Roms first came out) - they just throw the existing tracks onto the new format with little to no re-mixing.
Some of the better DVD-Audio titles, imo:
Linkin Park - Reanimation (LOVE THIS)
Porcupine Tree - In Abstensia
Queen - Night at the Opera
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Eagles - Hotel California (it's amazing how good this sounds)
Metallica - Metallica (I may be biased here, this is one of my all-time fav albms)
Big disapointments:
3 Doors Down - Away from the Sun
Led Zepplin - How the West Was Won
R.E.M - Best of...
Just wish Pink Floyd was on DVD-A instead of SACD!!
-X-
SilverJ you are 100% correct - quality varies from disc to disc. Many are just "shovelware" (borrowed from back when CD-Roms first came out) - they just throw the existing tracks onto the new format with little to no re-mixing.
Some of the better DVD-Audio titles, imo:
Linkin Park - Reanimation (LOVE THIS)
Porcupine Tree - In Abstensia
Queen - Night at the Opera
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Eagles - Hotel California (it's amazing how good this sounds)
Metallica - Metallica (I may be biased here, this is one of my all-time fav albms)
Big disapointments:
3 Doors Down - Away from the Sun
Led Zepplin - How the West Was Won
R.E.M - Best of...
Just wish Pink Floyd was on DVD-A instead of SACD!!
-X-
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