Re: DVD-A 2 ch. stereo mix ? Which way to go ?

Posted by RdH (A) on April 9, 2003 at 05:32:00

In Reply to: DVD-A 2 ch. stereo mix ? Which way to go ? posted by Waynefi on April 8, 2003 at 20:13:44:

Hi Wayne,

DVD-A often has a 2C mix in addition to a MC mix. On older disks these are 'groups' that you need to be able to switch to the group you want. The player will make that easier or more difficult â€“ sometimes to the requirement of viewing a connected screen to change the group through the menus. For the players, I can only speak to the Meridian 598 which makes it easy. Unfortunately, most disks will default to MC â€“ an annoyance to me.

All MC disks should be able to downmix into 2C. This, I believe, is configurable within the player (such as the Meridian 598) but maybe someone else with more experience with other setups will answer. The downmix of MC into 2C is not as good as the pure 2C mix to my ear.

Finally, the DVD-A recording standard (?) is suppose to be changing from using the groups. What this means is that you will be able to change from MC to 2C using the â€˜Audioâ€™ button on the player. This is the same as when viewing movies with multiple audio tracks where you can toggle through them.

A very nice DVD-A site:

http://www.dvd-a.dk/start.php?Lang=1&PHPSESSID=9b370df5e89cd3fc3f3a3c9eb23ae60b

A multi-format machine would be desirable as the material available on each format is different. You may want to sample material in each format to see if the 'format war' applies to you (don't like one of the formats). Multi-format players will likely have a compromise in one of the formats (CD, SACD, DVD-A, DVD-V) so research and listening will be in order.

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Topic - DVD-A 2 ch. stereo mix ? Which way to go ? - Waynefi 20:13:44 04/08/03 (21)

"10 !" :o) - oscar 20:18:17 04/09/03 (1)

"10" is actually the number of stereo records - Eric LeRouge 01:50:26 04/11/03 (0)

Unbiased Accurate Answer - snaggs 17:48:44 04/09/03 (5)

God, I knew you'd say something stupid as soon as I read the title of your post - Eric LeRouge 14:26:27 04/10/03 (4)

YES or NO : Is Stereo mandated ? - SnaggS 17:27:52 04/10/03 (3)

That was not the question - Eric LeRouge 07:26:47 04/11/03 (1)

Exactly, left to the bean counters mercy - SnaggS 02:02:04 04/26/03 (0)

You really don't get it, do you? (nt) - paulcordingley 20:42:17 04/10/03 (0)

Re: DVD-A 2 ch. stereo mix ? Which way to go ? - RdH 05:32:00 04/09/03 (0)

DVD-A is DEAD!!!! (I am filling in for Rich, who is away). - Duilawyer 21:48:52 04/08/03 (11)

Just for the record, I'd like to second that. (Not the 'dead' part, though.) - Michi 01:07:00 04/09/03 (10)

Re: Just for the record, I'd like to second that. (Not the 'dead' part, though.) - Martin 04:48:56 04/09/03 (9)

I thought Samsung offered that up as a spec originally... - Michi 12:25:50 04/09/03 (1)

yes - Joe Murphy Jr 17:52:08 04/09/03 (0)

Resolution - RdH 10:29:59 04/09/03 (4)

Re: Resolution - John Kotches 05:32:27 04/13/03 (2)

Re: Resolution - RdH 12:59:12 04/13/03 (1)

Re: Resolution - John Kotches 16:08:29 04/13/03 (0)

Re: Resolution - Frank 10:46:15 04/09/03 (0)

I too, had thought above 192 there was no audible difference.? nt - Duilawyer 07:07:39 04/09/03 (1)

Yep. . . . And some 'golden ears' would also apply that to anything above 96kHz . {n.t.} - Martin 09:16:14 04/09/03 (0)

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Re: DVD-A 2 ch. stereo mix ? Which way to go ? - RdH 05:32:00 04/09/03 (0)

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