DVD-Audio sources

NeilGabriel
NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
edited April 2007 in Music & Movies
Do any of you have good sources for these (although I just disconnected the 5 channel inputs on the amp)? I was at bestbuy this weekend and they had all but cleaned out their DVD-Audio and SACD.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited April 2007
    yeah BB all but stopped selling DVD-Audio and SACD's. CC never really carried any.. at least not mine here.

    there are a few online stores that carry them.. but I can't remember what the web addy is right now. someone will chime in with it soon though.
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  • NeilGabriel
    NeilGabriel Posts: 1,487
    edited April 2007
    cdbaby.com is an interesting source for independent music, but I don't think I've seen DVD-Audio there. The artists are lucky to have an outlet for their Cds!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited April 2007
    You can try the following:

    http://www.cduniverse.com/

    http://www.musicdirect.com/Default.asp

    http://www.elusivedisc.com/

    http://store.acousticsounds.com/store.cfm

    One word about DVD-A. It's a dead format, SACD won the battle. However, CD is still winning the war.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2007
    Wrong. DVD-A and SACD had a battle, and the winner was iPod. ;)

    As Jesse pointed out, there are plenty of outlets to get your SACD fix, and a myriad of great titles to choose from. DVD-A, I can't comment.

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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2007
    Here is one company that sells original music on DVD-A. http://www.aixrecords.com/

    If you like progressive rock the band Porcupine Tree just released a DVD-A
    http://www.cede.ch/fr/music-cd/frames/frameset.cfm?aobj=612834
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited April 2007
    Wrong. DVD-A and SACD had a battle, and the winner was iPod.

    I stand corrected and sadly, I have to agree.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2007
    Isn't that amazing? Two hi-res formats duked it out, and the public chose near cd quality.

    Really think about that.

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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,535
    edited April 2007
    What is also interesting is that music downloads are becoming available now that are only CD quality (WMA lossless) and they are being marketed as High Definition Music by sites like MusicGiants.

    Acousticsounds.com has about 250 DVD-A titles, and DualDisc titles as well. Some of the DualDisc titles (don't waste your money on DualDisc, they're not really high-res audio) are available as DVD-A titles as imports. The Talking Heads DVD-A titles fall in this category and are available from Europe.

    If there is a return of high-resolution audio on DVD, it will be in the PCM format of DVD-Audio on HD-DVD or Blu-Ray discs. I don't see that happening because the technology exists to provide music downloads that exceed CD quality. As Jesse says, the DVD-A format is dead in disc format. However, once in a while a DVD-A will come out because a group or artist wants to use the format. As mentioned above Porcupine Tree is one band, and The Flaming Lips is another, that use the surround sound format of DVD-A for artistic reasons.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited April 2007
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    Isn't that amazing? Two hi-res formats duked it out, and the public chose near cd quality.

    Really think about that.

    Cheers,
    Russ

    Not much to think about really. The GP views recorded music as background noise. God forbid they ever sit down and really listen. :rolleyes:
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