FunkyHiFi
10-11-2005, 07:21 PM
Here it is at it's official site, Rhino Records. (http://rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=74722)
Here's an article about it at a major surround music (http://www.highfidelityreview.com/news/news.asp?newsnumber=13082234) site.
Here's a long thread about it at another music site (http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=61569&page=1&pp=20).
So far most people say the surround mixes are really good. That's good because surround music is still pretty new* (about six years old) and not all mixers are as good as others.
Individual remixed/remastered albums on DualDisc will appear next January. I saw this brick :) at Best Buy already-yep, it cost $150! It seemed to be made of thick white plastic and was quite artsy looking.
BTW: all dvd-audios with surround tracks have either a Dolby Digital or DTS track so you can listen to them on a regular dvd-video system. If you have a standalone dvd-audio player, then you will have to use its six analog RCA output jacks to transport the high (or "advanced") resolution signals to your receiver. Most players' info displays use the letters "PPCM" to describe a dvd-audio track (PPCM = packed PCM, a lossless compression system). FYI: if something is coming out of the player's digital output while playing a dvd-audio track, it will NOT be a surround signal & it will NOT be a true high resolution signal-this is called a "downmixed" signal. Dumbing down the signal like this is due to pirating concerns.
* actually surround music appeared-and went-in the early 70s but was known as "quadraphonic sound" because of its use of four channels instead of just two. It was easy to make a "quad" mix in the studio but what doomed the quad format to failure was that most of the home playback technology just wasn't good enough. About 3,500 albums were mixed into quad form, including Dark Side Of The Moon and other major albums. I own Dark Side in quad on a DTS-CD and it is amazing to hear this way, though you can't buy it anymore in this form. Here's a forum (http://quadraphonicquad.com/) that's all about quad.
Here's an article about it at a major surround music (http://www.highfidelityreview.com/news/news.asp?newsnumber=13082234) site.
Here's a long thread about it at another music site (http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=61569&page=1&pp=20).
So far most people say the surround mixes are really good. That's good because surround music is still pretty new* (about six years old) and not all mixers are as good as others.
Individual remixed/remastered albums on DualDisc will appear next January. I saw this brick :) at Best Buy already-yep, it cost $150! It seemed to be made of thick white plastic and was quite artsy looking.
BTW: all dvd-audios with surround tracks have either a Dolby Digital or DTS track so you can listen to them on a regular dvd-video system. If you have a standalone dvd-audio player, then you will have to use its six analog RCA output jacks to transport the high (or "advanced") resolution signals to your receiver. Most players' info displays use the letters "PPCM" to describe a dvd-audio track (PPCM = packed PCM, a lossless compression system). FYI: if something is coming out of the player's digital output while playing a dvd-audio track, it will NOT be a surround signal & it will NOT be a true high resolution signal-this is called a "downmixed" signal. Dumbing down the signal like this is due to pirating concerns.
* actually surround music appeared-and went-in the early 70s but was known as "quadraphonic sound" because of its use of four channels instead of just two. It was easy to make a "quad" mix in the studio but what doomed the quad format to failure was that most of the home playback technology just wasn't good enough. About 3,500 albums were mixed into quad form, including Dark Side Of The Moon and other major albums. I own Dark Side in quad on a DTS-CD and it is amazing to hear this way, though you can't buy it anymore in this form. Here's a forum (http://quadraphonicquad.com/) that's all about quad.