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I’m not sure if the market is ready for Blu-Ray music but MedialnVision Creative Group looks to be the first to offer professional audio encoding and mastering for Blu-ray music production to independent recording artists.
Remember DVD-A and DTS-5.1 audio music? The latter barely made it to prime time and I could care less about DVD-A. SACD is another story, it hard to ignore the superiority of Direct-Stream Digital if you’re into ultimate audio experience. The Blu-ray optical disk has potential to gather another multichannel audio format due to its storage space and with rival HD-DVD dead in the water. With single HD format in the market, the popularity could succeed and replace SACD in the future.
I watched the Blu-Ray version of John Legend – Live at the House of Blues concert, the quality of the uncompressed PCM tracks were electrifying, with excellent reproduction of vocals and piano. I wonder what it’s like with a Blu-ray music-only compilation. But seriously, with 25GB per layer and up to 50GB currently used on Blu-ray production disk, Blu-ray has plenty of space to accommodate exceptional audio codec on top of the video. May be I will give it a spin when Patricia Barber makes it to Blu-ray music next time.
10 Responses to “Are you ready for Blu-ray Music?”
Tim March 5, 2008
I am not commenting on Mr. Linn’s main topic, Blue-ray music, but to a side comment that he stated. He says he could care less about DVD-A, but goes on to tell about the great achievment that SACD is. I’m not sure if Mr. Linn has actually sat down and listened to a DVD-A recordilng. I have approximately a 50/50 split on the two formats, over 100 discs and IMHO, DVD-A has a supeior soundstage and sounds generally warmer, than SACD.
+1Both are great, and it’s too bad Sony and it’s competior”s didn’t promote these formats better. Also contributing was the conveniance of and the free downloading of MP3’s.If one looks at what is being produced from SACD , classical, is still releasing new recordings every week. Maybe this is where the niche market audiophile is hiding .
ShadeyK March 7, 2008
[quote comment="37764"]I am not commenting on Mr. Linn’s main topic, Blue-ray music, but to a side comment that he stated. He says he could care less about DVD-A, but goes on to tell about the great achievment that SACD is. I’m not sure if Mr. Linn has actually sat down and listened to a DVD-A recordilng. I have approximately a 50/50 split on the two formats, over 100 discs and IMHO, DVD-A has a supeior soundstage and sounds generally warmer, than SACD.
Both are great, and it’s too bad Sony and it’s competior”s didn’t promote these formats better. Also contributing was the conveniance of and the free downloading of MP3’s.If one looks at what is being produced from SACD , classical, is still releasing new recordings every week. Maybe this is where the niche market audiophile is hiding .[/quote]
I love my SACD’s (two-channel, don’t have the space for a great 5.1). DVD-A? Well I don’t care to look at pictures while the music is playing, and didn’t see enough two-channel discs for me to go that route.
SACD however gives me chills, and I just like the fact that it’s a supp’ed up CD.
I agree with your comment about SONY not pushing the format. But, hey they’re SONY. Not known for their savvy business decisions (rootkit anyone?).
NeutralShadeyK March 7, 2008
And blu-ray music? Hopefully, they’ll do the multi-channel, and two-channel audio tracks.
NeutralAndy March 13, 2008
I’m fine with Blu-Ray music.
Whatever we can do to fully adopt a next-gen music format is fine with me. I love the SACD and buy them whenever possible. The SACD for me has truly brought back the pleasure of sitting down and listening to an album. I hope the Blu-Ray music format can expand on that sound quality… perhaps even further capitalizing on DSD technology.
NeutralLB April 1, 2008
I’m for any Hi-rez music format and Bluray is the perfect opportunity for better music. I’m not sure though, that the general public really cares. I just hope they won’t be upconverted CD masters. This would ruin people’s confidence in buying into a new format.
Neutralgary sewell June 21, 2008
[quote comment="37863"][quote comment="37764"]I am not commenting on Mr. Linn’s main topic, Blue-ray music, but to a side comment that he stated. He says he could care less about DVD-A, but goes on to tell about the great achievment that SACD is. I’m not sure if Mr. Linn has actually sat down and listened to a DVD-A recordilng. I have approximately a 50/50 split on the two formats, over 100 discs and IMHO, DVD-A has a supeior soundstage and sounds generally warmer, than SACD.
Both are great, and it’s too bad Sony and it’s competior”s didn’t promote these formats better. Also contributing was the conveniance of and the free downloading of MP3’s.If one looks at what is being produced from SACD , classical, is still releasing new recordings every week. Maybe this is where the niche market audiophile is hiding .[/quote]
I love my SACD’s (two-channel, don’t have the space for a great 5.1). DVD-A? Well I don’t care to look at pictures while the music is playing, and didn’t see enough two-channel discs for me to go that route.
SACD however gives me chills, and I just like the fact that it’s a supp’ed up CD.
I agree with your comment about SONY not pushing the format.
But, hey they’re SONY. Not known for their savvy business decisions (rootkit anyone?).[/quote]
I work for a very well known top end hifi manufacturer, We have just rolled off the plans for plant to start creating blue-ray audio disks along with a dedicated top end player. It wont be cheap but will be the only type of its kind so far. We have also now been told by the SACD license holder to produce no more machines that support the format. Extensive R&D has been put into this project along with the backing of most of the mainstream manufacturers, we now belive that SACD & DVD-A has had its day..
NeutralPete Morris June 21, 2008
Totally agree with the last comment’s. Ive been in the audio trade for 35 years now and moved with the times. My customers have always heeded my expertise and advice. I never backed SACD and was disappointed with DVD-A, even with the very finest of players i never was totally impressed. I was in Germany last week for a sneak preview of what DTS HD mastering could do along with Blue-Ray. Forget the old formats NOW!, dont be fooled into the poor world of HI-FI sales patter. This format has to be heard to be belived. At the show were well known faces from the recording industries putting there money into this on a scale that would make SACD & DVD-A club look like a poor has been. Most of the new av equipment that is emerging has got the ability to encode these formats and what does the trade do?. SELL standard dvd/cd players to match. Read the white paper on DVD-A & SACD it may scare you to read that it was never meant to be a professional format but just something to keep the general public buying into a brand. The time of change has arrived but please listen to it and see what i mean. HI-FI/AV has just moved into another dimension.
+2ANDY CORWELL June 21, 2008
Oh damm what do i do with my sacd & dvda collection??????
Coasters, signal mirrors
I know, Wheel trims for my kids barbie car
PLEASE PLEASE HURRY UP WITH BD-AUDIO
I hate the poor quality sacd’s & dvda’s that are now on the market…..do they know something we dont?, i think so. Time to drop the quality and then the product
+1John Bradley July 16, 2008
Hey, Andy. Are you interested in offloading some of those DVD-A’s or SACD’s? I’ve just recently gotten into them and it seems I missed the boat. You can email me at soundsrecorded@gmail.com if you’re interested.
NeutralNorm's Media Center December 6, 2008
I”ve been a DTS enthusiast for five years… The coming of Blu-Ray, seems to make DTS more marketable….High End automobiles now feature Blu-Ray/DTS… Mr Gates has raised a white flag with his war with Blu-Ray… Many third party Media software companies are now offering Blu-Ray playback with HD Mastering of Dolby products into DTS formats. Intel motherboard codecs, etc support internal blu-ray drives… It goes on n on… Blu-Ray / /DTS has won the war… Justifiably so. As an audiophile, I see digital music finally moving away from reverberation/un-natural sounds and audio dynamics based soley on compression… Blu-Ray allows less compression and offers a distinct, nearly natural sound quality. Hmmm, is MLP next in audio… Seems logical. MLP offers uncompressed surround sound and blu-Ray has the storage capacity to handle it… Cyber Link media software (Ultra 8) is already offering not only Blu-Ray/HD DTS mastering.. They see the lights also for MLP… Audiophiles… Our time has finally come to be re-awakend… Quality music is now here in digital forms!.
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