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Author: | Horsell_Common [ Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:31 am ] |
Post subject: | SA-CD News From SonyBMG |
There seems to be some confusion about what equipment the SA-CD 5.1 mix will play on with some of the fans thinking that they need a whole new 5.1 decoder to hear the surround sound mix other than the one they have already. To clarify, the new hybrid SA-CD version of TWOTW will play the following mixes in the following players: UNIT MIX THAT WILL PLAY Standard CD players CD stereo mix SA-CD players CD stereo mix SA-CD hi resolution stereo mix and SA-CD 5.1 multi-channel surround sound mix SA-CD Compatible players SA-CD hi resolution stereo mix and SA-CD 5.1 multi-channel surround sound mix To check if your DVD player is SA-CD compatible check for the SA-CD logo on the unit or the instructions. Nearly every Sony DVD player released in the last couple of years is SA-CD compatible and the majority of Phillips and other major manufacturers DVD units also have SA-CD playback capabilities. To hear the SA-CD 5.1 surround sound mix you will need a 5.1 decoder, amp and speaker system. For many people they will have these as part of their DVD home theatre units which. provided the DVD player is SA-CD compatible, will playback the 5.1 surround sound mix perfectly. SA-CD is very much a growing hi-definition audio format with major support from the majority of hardware manufacturers and the major record companies including Sony BMG, Universal and EMI all of who regularly release SA-CD titles. The estimated number of installed SA-CD players and compatible DVD systems is now at over 10 million worldwide. Furthermore, it has recently been announced that the new Playstation 3 console which will be released in 2006 will be fully SA-CD compatible which, provided it performs as well as previous playstations, will broaden the market for SA-CD recordings even further. It’s true that SA-CD is a Sony/Phillips developed format. However, all bias aside, it is a superior format to DVD-Audio and offers a higher quality, true reproduction of the 5.1 mix because it is encoded using the DSD system rather than the PCM system used for CDs and DVD Audio. Hi-fi hardware magazines are constantly comparing the two formats and on nearly every occasion SA-CD comes out on top in terms of sound quality and reproduction. Obviously for TWOTW we all wanted to achieve the best, highest quality audio mix possible and pass this onto the consumer which is why SA-CD was chosen. Furthermore, of the high-definition audio formats SA-CD has wider support from the major record companies and has more titles available in the market. If you look at some of the biggest high-definition audio releases of the last few years i.e. The Rolling Stones (22 albums), Bob Dylan (15 albums), Pink Floyd – Darkside Of The Moon all have been released on SA-CD, not DVD-Audio. Finally, if any fans want more info about SA-CD, what DVD players are compatible and how much they will cost please visit www.superaudio-cd.com which is a great site and contains everything you need to know about the format With much thanks to SonyBMG for the above information |
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