In Reply to: SACD VS DVD-A ( round 1500) Ray Brown Trio...by Ken Kessler.... posted by patrickU on May 8, 2003 at 07:06:28:
Patrick,it's interesting that the Ray Brown comparison leaves that question open. Better still, you suggest that one format may sound better on a specific system, but the other might sound better on another.
I'm actually interested in that final sentence of your post. I have noticed that all the discussions on the HRH and on the Audiobahn concentrate on the players, on the receivers / amps and of course on the software, but never on the final link, the speakers.
It strikes me that in discussing one or the other format, people assume that speakers are entirely neutral and "transparent" in the system. But if you are "looking" for a certain type of sound in DVD-A, there is no doubt that you will chose your speakers accordingly, and probably just the same, but on different criteria, for SACD. So maybe DVD-A sounds best on a system that has been optimized for DVD-A, and SACD sounds best on a SACD system.
Anyway, it would be interesting in the future to have a list of speaker models that sound "good" with DVD-A (and ideally starting way below Meridian price tags :)
Best
Eric
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- Interesting.. this issue is almost never touched - Eric LeRouge 12:57:19 05/08/03 (8)
- Re: Interesting.. this issue is almost never touched - patrickU 14:06:33 05/08/03 (7)
- Re: Interesting.. this issue is almost never touched - John Kotches 05:40:20 05/09/03 (6)
- Re: Interesting.. this issue is almost never touched - patrickU 06:18:00 05/09/03 (5)
- Re: Interesting.. this issue is almost never touched - John Kotches 08:56:42 05/09/03 (4)
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