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Re: But what about the difference between lossy and lossless

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Hey Y'all:
Admittedly there isn't much of a market for surround sound, it is a commercial failure. But this is far from saying that it (DVD A and SACD) are pointless. They were a godsend to us surround enthusiasts, for we haven't had any new material since they quit making quadradiscs, SQ and QS phonograph records. And by the way, half speed mastering was invented for quadradisc, the fact that it benefitted stereophiles was an offshoot. Quad heads are just like any other audiophiles, we like the best sound quality availlable. But until SACD and DVD-A came along, we had to settle for what LPs. had to offer. We will take DVD-A over DTS, and we will take DTS over DD. We want the best quality but we want it in surround. Another point of DVD-Audio and SACDs is that they are mostly studio recordings not live concert recordings. They have true surround not just band up front, crowd in back. They also have just the music, like a CD, not this annoying tripe (interviews, backstage scenes) that they stick between and sometimes in the middle of songs. Surround is what we like. If you don't like that then don't buy it. But there's no need to put it down. These discs have a purpose. Unfortunately there are very few who "get" true surround sound, so we probably will be relegated to videos with DD and poor surround. At least that's something for us. And every now and then some studio comes along and throws us a bone. At least this is not like quad, where when quad was over, it was over.

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