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In Reply to: Q : Why are fans of The Donnas not having problems playing their DualDiscs? ... A : They are not SACD cheerleaders. ... posted by ZS KEKL on November 05, 2004 at 21:36:36:
I am both an SACD supporter (over 300+ SACDs in my collection) and a DVD-Audio supporter (over 100+ DVD-Audio discs in my collection).I have the Donnas DualDisc, and the Simple Plan DualDisc, and NEITHER play in any of my home CD players. I cannot play the CD layer in either of my Sony CD/SACD players (XA777ES or C333ES) nor will it play effectively in my Denon 3800 DVD-Audio player. The kicker was that both DualDiscs won't play in my daughter's plain old CD boombox. On a "positive" note - the DualDiscs do play in two portable CD Walkman as well as my car CD players.
I support and buy many DVD-Audio discs and I am very happy with those I have, and the DualDisc's DVD-Audio side play fine in my Denon 3800. But the format was designed to play in CD players, which I have more problems than not. So please don't say I am posting 'nonsense' about the CD layer of the DualDisc. The problems I am having are real, and I don't like it.
In my estimation DualDisc is a poor format to succeed DVD-Audio. I would much prefer a DVD-Audio disc and separate CD in one package (as opposed to what we have gotten).
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My Denon DVD-3800 was pretty unreliable too -- rejecting all sorts of discs and skipping on numerous media whenever it encountered the slightest geometrical variation.(And by all accounts the Sony machines don't have the best record either.)
and I CANNOT get these DualDiscs to play in my XA777ES or C333ES. Horrible mechanical noises, inability to lock on to the CD - if it does the player locks up.I tell you.... These discs will not play in my Sony CD/SACD players.
Weird that other can play them in the same models with no problems.!!!
It works in mine fine! I'm -really- wondering if this is *disc to disc* variability versus players, maybe I just have a *really good DualDisc* ?It's very strange, my XA777ES and C333ES has no problems at all!
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