I have a Philips DVD793CH 5 disk DVD player and a Pioneer 563a DVD player, both are progressive scan. I have not compared the two on video, which one should have the better picture? I use the philips for movies and the pioneer for SACD and DVD Audio. The philips is an older model, do you think I would even see any difference in picture quality between the two if I comapared them?
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Jeff,
What is your opinion on the cd audio playback on the Pioneer at to dvd-a, sacd, AND redbook cd? There are some people who are modding this unit at dvdaudio, but there doesn't seem to be any consensus.
Lyndon
Lyndon, to be honest I have not even listened to regular cd's with the pioneer, I let my Denon process the stream from the philips. I only listen to DVD Audio and SACD with the pioneer and they sound stunning, Also my Denon has DTS 96/24 which is just as stunning. I almost can't listen to regualar CD anymore, the other formats spoil you.
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About that Pioneer 536a (or 563a?): when playing SACDs, does it output a full DSM bitstream or convert it to PCM?
Want to make the leap to this newfangled stuff!
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On SACD it upconverts to PCM, however it still sounds fantastic. You can't fault it much for a $180 dollar player. It does not sound as good as the Denon I just bought, but I do not think that the conversion is the issue because everything on the Denon sounds better and it should because it cost me $600. Do you want to buy my pioneer Rip? still brand new and under waranty just sitting in a box waiting for a loving home.
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You devil, you! Nah, I'll wait till I can go hi-rez in both formats! Either that, or wait & see which format bites the dust...too bad SACD seems to be ahead in the market because from what I understand, DVD-A seems to be the better format and the hardware is less expensive. It's like "Beta-vu all over again" except that Sony might be on the winning side this time.
__________________ "... it is surely a morally ambiguous position to persuade non-technical people that to get a really good sound they have to buy £2000 preamps and so on, when both technical orthodoxy and common sense indicate that this is quite unnecessary. " -- Doug Self "Audio Wisdom": Links for the new or confused audiophile.
Rip, they are both at such a high quality level I have not been able to say which one is for sure better. Some of the SACD's that I have are stunning. I don't mind two formats so long as there is software. DTS 96/24 sounds stunning as well but very little available so far. I hope they start putting more concerts in DTS 96/24.
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Yeah but I am selling mine for $110 and I will fedx it next day for free
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"Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying." - Ronald Reagan
I have the Pioneer, and the only SACD I've bought so far (and the only one I've seen in stores) is Dark Side of the Moon.
I don't have the greatest stereo, Yamaha HTR-5550, the Pioneer player, Axiom M2i speakers and Velodyne VX-10 sub, but the SACD just seems more lively than the standard DSotM CD, althought that could very likely be the player.
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