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Blu Ray Audio has any one tried it?

I saw Music Direct will be selling Blu Ray Audio discs. Has anyone tried them and how do they compare. I guess SACD would be the benchmark resolution level.

Blu-Ray could be better though because you can use a external DAC?

I have a few DVDA's (maybe 3) and I thought they were better then the CD versions of the Albums they were bundled with.
fast_mick
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kr4
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There is no increased resolution in BD-A compared with SACD. The main justification for BD is commercial in that there is a larger market because there are so many more BD players in use. Just be attentive to the source material and the resolution of the particular disc as they range widely.
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I've got a couple of BluRay discs that I play through an unmodded Oppo 95 and they sound better than cds. I think I'm going to wait and see how Sony's HiRez DSD download venture goes before I load up on a new high res format.
mceljo
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I have a couple of 2L blu-ray audio only disks and I have been really impressed with the sound quality. One of then has the same tracks in SACD, Redbook, and most of the Blu-ray formats and I think the Blu-ray is significantly superior and it has the option of multi channel, like SACD, that adds more options. I find that organ music really shines in surround.
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