Category Archives: Audio

Before going DVD Audio, how about getting the recording right?

Posted on July 21, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

One of the beaut things about DVD Audio is the ability it has to carry six channels of sound at an incredibly high resolution of 96kHz sampling rate and 24 bits of detail. There is no recording format (and here … Continue reading →

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Funny sound mix

Posted on July 20, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Dolby Digital, as I have pointed out, isn’t necessarily 5.1 channels. Many DVDs are two channels (2.0), quite a few offer one channel sound (1.0), and some odd ones even manage 3/1.0 (ie. three front channels, and one surround channel). But … Continue reading →

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DVD Audio Bonus Groups

Posted on July 19, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

I’m in the middle of reviewing a pentuplet of DVD Audio players and, thinking I knew it all, stumbled across something new to me: DVD Audio bonus groups. Now the DVD Forum, in its wisdom, chose to abandon the familiar Title/Chapter … Continue reading →

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Bose’s critics

Posted on July 9, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Here’s the introduction to a forthcoming review of mine to appear in The Canberra Times: If you look around the Internet you will find Web sites that aim to ‘tell the truth’ about particular businesses and products. So you will find … Continue reading →

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Telarc’s height

Posted on July 7, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Some Telarc DVD-Audio and SACD discs have a ‘height’ channel rather than an LFE. Personally, I think this is a rather poor idea. To see why, read this email I wrote to Telarc about it.

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Telarc’s cannons

Posted on July 7, 2003 by Stephen Dawson

Way back in 1978 the American audiophile record label Telarc made a recording that can be truly regarded as legendary. Using then-new digital recording technology (although in the absence of a digital consumer format, the original release was on LP), Telarc … Continue reading →

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