I've only got two Music DVD's so I'm not real smart about this stuff but my James Taylor "One Man Band", and Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Revisited" DVD's have set up menus to change modes from 5.1 surround to 2 channel stereo. Is it possible that the "set up" menu on your DVD is set to 2 ch stereo verses 5.1 surround? By the way, the "Trinity Revisited" DVD IMHO is amazing.
What am I listening to, it can't be Digital?
Just recently bought a Diana Krall, The Look Of Love, DVD-Audio Disc. Playing it on a Pioneer DV-58AV. The Content is listed as:
Advanced Resolution Surround Sound (96kHz/24-bit)DVD-Audio
Advanced Resolution Stereo (96kHz/24-bit)DVD-Audio
Dolby Digital Surround Sound DVD-Video
Artist Bio/Photo Gallery/Catalog DVD-Audio/Video
What I hear doesn't sound anything like Surround Sound Digital anything. It sounds almost exactly like an Analog Recording. The images are fleshed out in an extreme on an enlarged Soundstage. The ambience and Harmonic content seems to expand and go on forever. There is no Surround Sound Channel separation what so ever. I can't figure out if I am listening to Advanced Resolution Surround Sound, Advanced Resolution Stereo, or is the Pioneer giving me a 2-Channel downmix of both? If more Higher Resolution Disks sounded like this, there would be no way that DVD-Audio and SACD would be going out of business! The 2-Channel Stuff isn't that much of an improvement over CD, but damn it if some Recording Studio's aren't putting out some multi-channel Stuff that blows everything else away (except for maybe Records, but this Stuff is damn close)! That is, if what I am listening to is Multi-Channel or even a downmix. Can anyone out there tell me what's up with this particular DVD-Audio Disc? Can anyone tell me what I am listening to? Should I just shut-up because I am over-reacting?
Advanced Resolution Surround Sound (96kHz/24-bit)DVD-Audio
Advanced Resolution Stereo (96kHz/24-bit)DVD-Audio
Dolby Digital Surround Sound DVD-Video
Artist Bio/Photo Gallery/Catalog DVD-Audio/Video
What I hear doesn't sound anything like Surround Sound Digital anything. It sounds almost exactly like an Analog Recording. The images are fleshed out in an extreme on an enlarged Soundstage. The ambience and Harmonic content seems to expand and go on forever. There is no Surround Sound Channel separation what so ever. I can't figure out if I am listening to Advanced Resolution Surround Sound, Advanced Resolution Stereo, or is the Pioneer giving me a 2-Channel downmix of both? If more Higher Resolution Disks sounded like this, there would be no way that DVD-Audio and SACD would be going out of business! The 2-Channel Stuff isn't that much of an improvement over CD, but damn it if some Recording Studio's aren't putting out some multi-channel Stuff that blows everything else away (except for maybe Records, but this Stuff is damn close)! That is, if what I am listening to is Multi-Channel or even a downmix. Can anyone out there tell me what's up with this particular DVD-Audio Disc? Can anyone tell me what I am listening to? Should I just shut-up because I am over-reacting?