Re: Hybrid SACD discs
- From: cwdjrxyz <spamtrap2@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:40:18 -0800 (PST)
On Feb 2, 11:44 am, Swifty <Steve.J.Sw...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is it likely that I'd be able to play the SACD layer from a Hybrid SACD
disc? Since this involves a different layer and laser technology, I
presume it would depend in part on my CD/DVD drive, a Liteon 20A1H-487C,
which makes no mention of SACD in its specifications.
Many SACD discs have both standard CD audio and SACD audio recordings
on them, although there are a few SACD only. The only reason for
including the standard CD recording is to play on players that will
not support SACD. SACD is not being supported as well as in the past,
and there are few recent releases in this format.
Your computer likely will not play SACD, and I would not invest a lot
of money to update possibly drives, sound cards, and players. It
likely would be cheaper to buy an inexpensive DVD player that also
plays CD, SACD, and DVD-A. Even here there are not as many reasonably
priced players that will do this as there once was. I record in DVD-A.
This requires a program for recording that costs a minimum of $US 100.
Very few computer players will play DVD-A. I use the dulexe version of
the Cyberlink PowerDVD 9, to play DVD-A on the computer to monitor
when recording, but it is not designed for SACD. You also have to have
a 6-channel sound card and a multi-channel audio system to play back
surround sound recordings as intended. So far, I have found nothing to
record or playback SACD on the computer that is anywhere near the
price point for a home PC - you could well spend over the price of a
PC just for the pro programs for recording SACD. If you are thinking
about recording SACD or DVD-A from commercial recordings in these
formats, you should be aware that both formats are much more highly
encrypted than even a standard DVD. In a few cases where there is a
normal CD stream, you might be able to record that, but not the SACD
stream.
Computers usually do not have the quality of D/A converters,
amplifiers, speakers etc to take full advantage of DVD-A or SACD. Thus
in many cases you would not be able to hear much, or any, improvement
in the recording over a normal CD stream - provided that both
recordings are properly made from the same source recordings. DVD-A
does have the advantage that it will record in 2 channel in normal CD
resolution as well as high resolution. Thus you can record perhaps 6
or 7 CD's at full CD quality on one single layer standard DVD blank in
case you like to make recording of collections.
.
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