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Lee said:

Lee, I would never say that DVD-Audio is being marketed any more effectively than SACD. In my opinion, neither format is being marketed effectively. I strive to distribute my praise and criticism evenly. :) All, Elusive Disc is now taking pre-orders for the Elv1s DVD-Audio disc. I saw this...

Phil, Thanks for the links. I will have to check them out. Those are web sites I don't frequent. I'm surprised there has been no talk of Elv1s on DVD-Audio here. I don't recall seeing anything on Audio Asylum either. All, My feeling is that Sony must open the floodgates with hybrid SACDs...

John Kotches said:

John Geelan, Tubular Bells is definitely one of the better surround-sound mixes in my opinion. Good call there. As an older title, I think it tends to get lost in the shuffle, but it shouldn't.

John, I'm sure a 6.0 set-up with well-mixed material does sound great. The space and funds limitations are the issues, of course.

John, I don't think Phil or I were implying that SACDs could have three mixes. ;) We were discussing the idea that the Chesky discs might have 6.0-channel mixes instead of 5.1-channel mixes. Given that David Chesky talks a lot about his preference for 6.0 over 5.1, I thought his multi-channel...

Phil, one more thing. If David is playing the 6.0-channel tracks on his 5.1-channel system, he should still hear something from his center speaker, shouldn't he? The sound from this speaker obviously would not originate from the intended location (either the left or right side), but there still...

Phil, thanks for posting this. I had read this a long time ago and appreciated the refresher.

David, one more thing. Some multi-channel tracks, be they on SACDs, DVD-Audio discs, DTS CDs, etc. are weak in the LFE channel. Perhaps the Chesky discs do not make use of the subwoofer or center channel. Just a thought.

David, check the liner notes for the Chesky SACDs to see if the multi-channel tracks are encoded in 6.0 instead of 5.1. The 6.0 configuration often, if not always, calls for two front speakers, two rear speakers, and two side speakers. The assumption here is that all speakers are full-range, so...