[linux-audio-dev] Re: Any interest in DVD-Audio?

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:16:14 +0200
Jussi Laako <jussi.laako at pp.inet.fi> wrote:

> You can play high quality 5.1 or 2.0 audio from SACD discs. And those
> also play on standard CD players. I personally would like to see SACD
> winning over DVD-A. Because of different coding, it also simplifies D/A
> converters and thus improves sound quality.

There are many knowledgable people who disagree:

    http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=it&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=brnb42028r4%40enews4.newsguy.com

Personally, I think SACD is mostly marketing.

Erik
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