A New Theory about DVDA and SACD Sonic Qualities (1 Viewer)

[DaveDickey]

Brian, My Onkyo was $800. I bought it primarily for the audio section, which is very good. I need to correct a mistake I made in my last post... The player only plays multi-channel automatically if multi-channel is selected in the setup menu. It can be set for stereo default as well. Dave

 

[Lee Scoggins]

On 85% or perhaps even a bit more of either DVD-As or SACDs, I prefer the stereo mix.

Good point Phil. Many times the stereo layer is best due to better sonics or the MC layer is just doing too many gimmicky things.

 

[Felix Martinez]

I'm under the impression that most inexpensive players coupled with poorly authored dvd-a's can be very frustrating to use.

If one does not have the patience to sit thru menus, just hit "stop" on your remote when the disc spins up, and then "play." I have a front projection system, and I don't fire up the thing every time I want to listen to music. I then browse the multi-ch, stereo, etc. audio options via the "Groups" on the remote. This many times also includes DD and DTS 5.1 mixes.

Cheers,