Multi Channel Music is Amazing

[Spiffyfast]

So does this mean we all can be friends and give chicklets out????

you and the damned chicklets

 

[Spiffyfast]

i cant give you any more, gotta spread it around

 

[arevee]

Still recommend NeuNeo........

How about this, I am thinking of selling mine. HVD-2081 and going to the 2085...

what brands are these models from??

 

[brian32672]

what brands are these models from??

NeuNeo. Here is a link...
http://www.neuneo.com/body/product/hvd2085/feature.asp

EDIT:: The only players I know of that will do up to 1080p at the moment...

 

[arevee]

how much do u want for it? how old is it?

 

[brian32672]

how much do u want for it? how old is it?

Sorry for such a late reply.. Forgot about this thread, and the many directions it has gone into...

Anyhow, for my player I would want at least 165.00 and 18.00 shipping to 48 U.S. states..
Its about 5-6 months old.

The new player has gone up in price, to a whopping 245.00 plus 30.00 shipping.

 

[Takeereasy]

I just got the opportunity to use that DTS demo disc 9 last night and I've go to say WOW!. That BMG/DM song is incredible. Who knew, you take two things I hate, throw em together, and they sound fantastic. I also just started reading this thread, and now thanks to Garcia I've got a couple of more DVDs I've got to buy. The LP and NIN dvds will soon have a good home. Thanks to my anonymous benefactor for the DTS DVD.

By the way if anyone is still looking the Panasonic S77 is getting amazing reviews for both Picture and Audio, has an MSRP of $250 ($199 at bhphoto.com) and plays everything except SACD. Supposedly this player has bass management too.

 

[moverton]

I'll second the Pioneer recc. for a cheap universal. I have the 578 (older version of the 588) that I got for cheap and I love it. Great quality, fairly solid build, and a price that can't be argued with.

i agree. this was a great value for money player. recomended if you want to try sacd/dvd-a cheap.

 

[brian32672]

Buckeye by chance just picked up one of these discs, Hmm so the X-sub needs to be recalibrated. LOL

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Buckeye by chance just picked up one of these discs, Hmm so the X-sub needs to be recalibrated. LOL

Just played the DTS disc. If you want to fry your speakers, just crank it up with this amazing disc. My XSUB bottomed out for the first time. Pretty cool. I love "The Run." The sound effects are second to none. The song "Alive and Kicking" had a little too much midrange (blame it on the recording engineer - not my eq ), but all the others sounded fantastic. It really shows what a great sub can do, and how great surround sound should be. The dynamics are outstanding.

If you want to impress, this is the disc to play.

 

[j_garcia]

Couple of good DTS CDs - Sting's Nothing Like the Sun and Ten Summoner's Tales, Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle.

I was rediscovering some of my DVD-As this weekend when I hooked up my 2900 via multichannel. I had been using the m/c input for SACD when I had my 2200, but I figured since I swapped it out for the 2200, I would try it out once again. WOW, I don't remember Linkin Park's Reanimation sounding that good in surround. Still one of my favorite DVD-As.

 

[Ambient Fish]

Hi Spiffyfast, you don't need to buy SACD or DVD-A or DTS or Dolby Digital, try playing your CDs through your amp with the Dolby PL or PLII engaged and you will be amazed, Mike Oldfield's back catalogue is particularly good for PL II decoding.

 

[Hawkeye]

Hi Spiffyfast, you don't need to buy SACD or DVD-A or DTS or Dolby Digital, try playing your CDs through your amp with the Dolby PL or PLII engaged and you will be amazed, Mike Oldfield's back catalogue is particularly good for PL II decoding.

I guess, but I rarely if ever listen to the pseudo-surround, preferring stereo instead. True 5.1 multichannel (SACD, DVD-A, even DTS) is just miles above any "black magic" surround.

 

[j_garcia]

Hi Spiffyfast, you don't need to buy SACD or DVD-A or DTS or Dolby Digital, try playing your CDs through your amp with the Dolby PL or PLII engaged and you will be amazed, Mike Oldfield's back catalogue is particularly good for PL II decoding.

This is NOT multichannel music. The difference being one is recorded with the sound being placed in a particular speaker by design during the mixing process rather than getting whatever you get when you simulate via DSP. I agree with Hawkeye too, DSP surround from CDs doesn't even come close to true, discrete surround, and is not even worth comparing to multichannel hires DVD-A and SACD. DPL and DPLII's effectiveness depends entirely on the recording, so that recommendation is going to be hit or miss at best. PLII does do a pretty good job, but it still isn't as good as true multichannel music.

If you're amazed by DSP surround, I'd go out and get a universal hires player today and find out what you're missing.

 

[Ambient Fish]

I have a Hi Res player in the Denon DVD 2900 and yes the discrete formats are true surround but I have well over 500 CDs and many of them are no longer available. PLiiX is very consistent in the way that it treats sounds and yes it is very dependant on the quality of the original recording which is why I specified Mike Oldfield's back catalogue as being particularly good in PLiiX