The end of SACD as the preferred mch format?

Posted by csuzor (A) on September 18, 2005 at 07:15:21

I have been waiting for this to happen for some time, and perhaps this is the sign of more to come: EMI releases mch music not as SACD, but as DVD DTS (packaged with the CD).

There are also examples of other albums with mch tracks on DVD. In this example, the studio is the respected Abbey Road, and there are comments around the net that the mch DTS is a more involving experience than the CD that accompanies this DVD.

Several recording engineers have told me that the near-term future of mch music is not on SACD, but on DVD (and probably in DTS). This has made me hesitate to buy a high-end SACD player that does not support DVD formats. I am therefore still using a universal player, with sacd quality I know is inferior, but spending hard earned money on a dying format is not easy.

I care about mch, and I am a victim of this format war. I would prefer mch being released on sacd, but if the future of mch is on another format, and if a good player can help the other format come close or equal to the sound quality of sacd, I will buy such albums.

Is DVD the future, with it's flexible (and future proof) audio encoding methods? What if DVD were to carry a DSD stream for new players, would that be the end of SACD? Should I suspend an intended purchase of an cd/sacd mch player, and prefer a universal player?

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Topic - The end of SACD as the preferred mch format? - csuzor 07:15:21 09/18/05 (15)

EMI Classics have never released a Classical SACD, only Rock/Pop SACDs so .... - Teresa 14:53:52 09/18/05 (0)

Re: The end of SACD as the preferred mch format? - Christine Tham 14:32:54 09/18/05 (8)

Re: The end of SACD as the preferred mch format? - Kal Rubinson 15:01:03 09/18/05 (7)

As I Recall - Taz. PA-C 12:21:25 09/22/05 (1)

Not As I Recall - Kal Rubinson 12:47:03 09/22/05 (0)

Can you provide more details? - Christine Tham 16:53:53 09/18/05 (4)

Re: Can you provide more details? - Kal Rubinson 18:26:36 09/18/05 (3)

Kal that is the way I remember it as well: Sony wanted "DSD" to be the "required" format for DVD-Audio - Teresa 21:31:57 09/18/05 (0)

Thanks - Christine Tham 18:42:54 09/18/05 (1)

Re: Thanks - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 13:56:56 09/22/05 (0)

It's more complicated than just multi-channel - Thornhill 14:23:13 09/18/05 (0)

I have several DTS MCH recordings and - Pacman 10:50:35 09/18/05 (3)

DTS vs SACD on a good universal player? - csuzor 23:00:15 09/18/05 (2)

Unfortunately No - Pacman 20:30:21 09/19/05 (0)

Which Recordings Are Available Both on DTS and SACD? - Robertc88 05:12:41 09/19/05 (0)

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