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post #31 of 43
12/16/05 at 8:33am
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Unfortunately, the set will not play -- at least, the high resolution side -- on Pioneer DVD-A players.


You may be referring to the Pioneer 563A, whose firmware is not compatible with ANY DVD-A titles produced after 2004? If not, wow, strike two for Pioneer.

See this thread:

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post #32 of 43
12/16/05 at 3:27pm
About 18 months ago I sent in my Pioneer 563A for the firmware update (after the unit rejected a couple of DVD-As out at the time). And it works just fine on the recently released (post-2004) Talking Heads DVD-As.
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post #33 of 43
11/17/06 at 3:29pm

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For those who were turned off by the fact that the remasters released stateside were DD's, I believe the releases in the UK are proper 2-disc CD/DVD packs. They should be available from Amazon.co.uk or any other UK retailer that will ship to the US.

As has already been mentioned in the thread, the remasters are fantastic, and a must-have for anyone still listening to the originals. The surround mixes are particularly well done. Good use of surround channels without too much distracting gimmickery.
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post #34 of 43
11/18/06 at 3:42am

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I have picked up a few of the DualDiscs and really wish they had offered a 3 or 4 disc compilation since I am not a big fan of the group. The DualDiscs or DVD-A/CD sets are very well remastered and surround mixes exceptional. Too many songs are throwaways for me but I like them pretty well otherwise. "Remain in Light" is my favorite.

Chris
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post #35 of 43
11/19/06 at 4:20pm

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Originally Posted by Steve Y

Be warned, there have been numerous complaints about the thicker dual-discs (DVD on one side, CD on the other) not playing in some players ...

The CD side plays in my Toyota Prius, but my Arcam DV78 will only play the DVD side.
So, am I missing anything?
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post #36 of 43
11/20/06 at 3:35am

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Originally Posted by Henry Gale
The CD side plays in my Toyota Prius, but my Arcam DV78 will only play the DVD side.
So, am I missing anything?

No, you want to listen to the DVD side at home. I would copy the CD side to a CD-R to carry in the car. I carried around hybrid SACD's in the car for sometime before somebody pointed out how risky that is. I have copied a number of DualDisc CD sides to CD-R as well, but never carried those in the car anyway. The CD side of the DualDiscs I have tried don't play in my home players reliably either and I have inexpensive players only. The fault is not likely with your Arcam which is surely a very fine redbook CD player.

Chris
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post #37 of 43
11/22/06 at 7:26am

UK are 2-disc sets

I can now confirm that the UK releases are 2-disc sets, a-la Seal, R.E.M., D.M., etc...
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post #38 of 43
6/27/07 at 6:19pm

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I've been enjoying this set since it was released, but I ran into a problem the other day.

I was listening to the stereo DVD-A tracks of TRUE STORIES for the first time (I normally listen to the surround mix) when I noticed a brief breaking-up of the sound a few seconds into "Wild Wild Life."

Has anyone else encountered this problem or is it just my disc (and if it is, I'm not sure what I can do about it at this point)? Any feedback would be appreciated.

Mark
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post #39 of 43
6/29/07 at 10:03am

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Originally Posted by Mark_TB
I've been enjoying this set since it was released, but I ran into a problem the other day.

I was listening to the stereo DVD-A tracks of TRUE STORIES for the first time (I normally listen to the surround mix) when I noticed a brief breaking-up of the sound a few seconds into "Wild Wild Life."

Has anyone else encountered this problem or is it just my disc (and if it is, I'm not sure what I can do about it at this point)? Any feedback would be appreciated.

Mark

I have never played the stereo track, but I will next opportunity so if nobody beats me to a response, I wll offer mine soon.

Chris
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post #40 of 43
6/30/07 at 8:25am

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Originally Posted by Chris Gerhard
I have never played the stereo track, but I will next opportunity so if nobody beats me to a response, I wll offer mine soon.

Chris

Thanks, Chris. That would be great.
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post #41 of 43
7/1/07 at 7:37pm

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Originally Posted by Mark_TB
Thanks, Chris. That would be great.

"Wild Wild Life" in stereo played fine for me, no break-ups early or ever during playback. What I suspect may be the cause is something I have seen a couple of times. I have a couple of discs that do that in one player but not others. I have a bunch of inexpensive universal SACD/DVD-A players to assure playback of my collection of over 300 discs. I concluded error correction is better or at least different between players and the cause is a data error of some kind on the disc when I have seen that. I don't ever conclude a disc is defective because of problems in one player.

Chris
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post #42 of 43
7/2/07 at 7:18pm

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Originally Posted by Chris Gerhard
"Wild Wild Life" in stereo played fine for me, no break-ups early or ever during playback. What I suspect may be the cause is something I have seen a couple of times. I have a couple of discs that do that in one player but not others. I have a bunch of inexpensive universal SACD/DVD-A players to assure playback of my collection of over 300 discs. I concluded error correction is better or at least different between players and the cause is a data error of some kind on the disc when I have seen that. I don't ever conclude a disc is defective because of problems in one player.

Chris

Thanks for checking, Chris. That gives me something to work with, at least.

The problem may be with the player. Since I first posted, I've started having some problems playing back some SACDs (they play a few seconds, pause a few seconds, play a few more seconds, continuing like that for a while before eventually playing normally). I have a Harman Kardon DVD 47.

Mark
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post #43 of 43
7/3/07 at 3:16am

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Originally Posted by Mark_TB
Thanks for checking, Chris. That gives me something to work with, at least.

The problem may be with the player. Since I first posted, I've started having some problems playing back some SACDs (they play a few seconds, pause a few seconds, play a few more seconds, continuing like that for a while before eventually playing normally). I have a Harman Kardon DVD 47.

Mark

I have one player that does that after it gets hot, I just retired it and put a note with it and will decide what to do with it if I ever need it. The good news for you is there are a bunch of players available if you decide to get a new one. Denon, Pioneer, Oppo and a few other companies should mean you can find one you will want within your budget. I love DVD-A and SACD and have prepared myself to be able play my collection of discs the remainder of my life. I have played this set very little, I actually didn't purchase the box set, have purchased each disc individually with one purchase error. I have two copies of "Speaking in Tongues" and zero copies of "Naked". The trouble I am having now with getting old and relying on memory rather than written notes! I haven't had time to play all of the Talking Heads DualDiscs I have, but think this set is terrific so far.

Chris
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