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In Reply to: Re: Suggestions for reasonable $ DVD player posted by kotches on February 20, 2001 at 16:51:55:
John,
What an eye opener!
I bought the B&K ref30 based on your recomendation (and my ears) and
am very happy with the sound I'm getting.
If I understand you correctly, however, I'm not feeding the Pre-Amp
the "proper" signal for the DACS to do their magic.
What to do now? DVD audio is here, is that the way to go? or would an entry level player such as the Pioneer you mentioned serve me better in the interim until things settle down?
I noticed when my DVL700 played the James Taylor DVD the pre amp was
getting DD5.1 48Khz so you are quite right in your statement.
Once again many Thanks
Helier
Follow Ups:
Dolby Digital has a maximum sampling rate of 48KHz at current specs and it has nothing to do with the player itself in this case.There are a very limited number of discs, released by Chesky, et al, that were encoded and sold as Digital Audio Discs at 24bit/96KHz. This is the 24bit/96KHz bitstream I'm discussing. Whether this is worth it to you or not, depends on whether you can find any 24bit/96KHz material you'll like. Note, this is different from DVD-Audio.
To get this data, you either have to use the DACs in your DVD player, or purchase a Pioneer DVD player or the Sony DVP-S9000ES. There are a handful of other players with this capability.
As for DVD-A vs SACD, I've ehard the inexpensive JVC player, and for $500 it's a very good DVD video player. The audio side of it just isn't happening on the same level to my ears. If you aren't in a hurry, or budget restrictions are serious issues, it might be best to sit back on the sidelines and see what happens.
I'm glad that you feel my recommendations were sound -- and that the Ref 30 is a welcome piece in your HT system :-) I'd feel much worse if you said it sucked.
Regards,
john,
Thanks for your reply.
If i understood correctly the only thing my current player cannot do
is play those Chesky discs. I was begining to think that there was another level untapped.
I think I'll wait a bit on the DVD-A. I should be getting a new turn
table this week (Sumiko project 2) and that should keep me busy for a little while. Meanwhile Patricia Barber sounds wonderful on the B&K.
The presence in my room is uncany.
Once again thanks
Helier
It is more likely that the only thing your current player can't do is pass the 24bit/96KHz signal digitally.Most DVD players on the market today can decode 24bit/96KHz internally, and pass that out as an analog signal. They just don't pass the 24bit/96KHz signal digitally.
Regards,
> > Most DVD players on the market today can decode 24bit/96KHz internally, and pass that out as an analog signal. < <Make that *all* DVD-Video players. Some of the early players were 20bit/96 kHz, but in practical terms, 20 vs 24 bits is irrelevant. There's not a DVD player in the world that can approach a 24 bit SNR. I'm doubtful that any can even reach true 20 bit resolution (120 dB SNR).
The 20 bit DVD players can read any 96/24 DVD-Video signal, including Chesky DAD's. Anyone who owns Chesky DAD's and a DVD-Video player, whether it outputs 20/48, 24/48, 20/96 or 24/96 through its digital out, should compare the sound quality from the analog outputs and the digital outputs to see which is better.
Dan Bonhomme
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