DVD-A thoughts...
I have a universal player that can play back DVD-A's. Some of these are pretty good sounding, but like everything in this hobby, there is wide variation. Anyone here still listen to DVD-A's?
One question, I have a Diana Krall DVD-A that is multi leveled, with the ability to play back surround sound or stereo or video. The interesting thing is that the stereo mix was done by Doug Sax and the other mixes by others. I have not figured out how to get to just the stereo mix on my player (just the surround sound level, which seems to be the default), anybody run into similar issues?
I have a bunch of DVD-As. I bought most of them at a fire sale when Tower Records went bust. They play fine on my Oppo 103 and 203, but not all play on a newer Pioneer Elite Universal player. Regarding your playback issue, it may be a compatibility issue with your amp/processor. DVD-A isn’t a priority for the newer machines |
@katylied The player I own is a Esoteric DV60. The display seems to indicate that the disc is playing only the surround sound layer. Sounds fine, but I suspect the stereo only layer, mastered by Doug Sax, would sound a lot better. The other DVD-A discs I own all play on the stereo layer only, probably because there is no embedded video layer. I actually prefer the XRCD discs to all of these from a SQ perspective. Nonetheless, the DVD-A's I own were all bought for less $$ than the XRCD's. |
Thank you @coralkong. I did look up this in the manual before and tried the "audio button". For some reason with this disc, there was no result. Perhaps the disc is faulty? |
@daveyf , I don't know, but if it were me, I wouldn't worry about it. I've had bum discs before....it does happen. I remember buying the brand new Robert Plant/Allison Krauss CD. Took it out to the car, unwrapped it, popped it in the CD player, and it skipped. LOL. It happens. 😎 |
