Tram Town
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
| Category: Music Pete Townshend has remixed the original Tommy in 5.1. Unfortunately it is only going to be issued in the technically interesting (and maybe even superior) SACD format initially. Can't wait for the DVD Audio/DTS/DD format release. On SACD, the so-called Beta to DVD-Audio's VHS, just as with the Beta/VHS wars, Beta was subjectively better on many counts, but certainly not all counts. Also, as with VHS, DVD-Audio is already a good head in front and most DVD-A disks can be played on most DVD-Video devices. Also, Also, DSD is interesting, even elegant in that a low pass filter applied to the bit stream is an effective D-to-A, but the editing tools that are out there are all much more comfortable in the PCM domain. SACD will, however, be hailed by fans of reproduction, they will at last have a new ivory tower to sit in and sneer at people using CD and DVD-Audio as their signal source (having finally given up on their crackly old turntables). Yah Boo Sucks to them! |
