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In Reply to: Mac's Say You Will.. posted by ppopp on April 20, 2003 at 10:16:49:
>The redbook layer of SYW sounds considerably inferior to the DVD-Audio layer. I've yet to compare this redbook layer with the regular CD release of SYW to see if this is just sound desk masking to make DVD-Audio sound superior to any ear.<There is no "redbook layer" on this DVD-Audio disc. The Red Book is the standard that defines a Compact Disc, ie. 44.1kHz 16-bit PCM. The Fleetwood Mac disc has no such thing...
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And my SACD1000 player plays redbook discs way better than my Panasonic DVDRA60K. This is what makes me suspicious of the limited non-DVD-Audio layer. I think you'll find this disc won't play in 24/96 on anything other than a DVD-Audio compatible player.
> And my SACD1000 player plays redbook discs way better than my Panasonic DVDRA60K. This is what makes me suspicious of the limited non-DVD-Audio layer. I think you'll find this disc won't play in 24/96 on anything other than a DVD-Audio compatible player. <The SACD1000 is an SACD, CD and DVD-Video player. It can't and won't play DVD-Audio content.
Once again, there is no CD layer on the Fleetwood Mac disc, and on the DVD-Video layer there is no PCM content whatsoever. Both the multi-channel and two-channel tracks on the DVD-Video layer are 448kb/s Dolby Digital.
You're right, the disc won't play back at 24-bit 96kHz on anything other than a DVD-Audio player, but that shouldn't come as a surprise, it's a DVD-Audio disc.
Are you sure your Philips is not downsampling (perhaps to 48kHz)? Have you checked your setup? If yes, the problem is with the Philips unit.If there is a 24/96 track available on the DVD-V section, there's no reason for having a lower quality. In effect, the 24/96 section is generally the same, accessible via both menus. This is usually done in order to save space on the disc.
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so the comparison could be on separate discs. The poster is not clear that is true but don't jump to conclusions. And why not register??
> The poster is not clear that is true but don't jump to conclusions. <What conclusions?! The original text is crystal clear. If you didn't catch it the first time:
" The redbook layer of SYW sounds considerably inferior to the DVD-Audio layer. I've yet to compare this redbook layer with the regular CD release of SYW to see if this is just sound desk masking to make DVD-Audio sound superior to any ear. "
What's not to understand. I just pointed out that the DVD-Audio disc, which is what was mentioned, has no Red Book layer. Period. If "ppopp" compared the DVD-Audio disc to the CD version, fine, but that's not what he said.
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