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 exactly 1 DVD-A disc. I listen in 2 channel mode. I believe most players (by default) will play just in stereo if the "surround" outputs are not plugged in. There may also be something in the settings where you can choose 2 channel vs surround. Honestly, the DVD-A's I've seen are all exorbitantly expensive. Like twice the price of the identical SACD, so I never really bothered. $15 for the CD, $40 for the SACD and $75 for DVD-A. I'll stick with SACD, thanks. |
Sorry I can't be of more help, @daveyf . Out of curiosity, what happens if you stick the disc in a regular CD player? I just looked at the manual for my unit, and it will ONLY play (output) DVD-A to the analog out jacks, so surround isn't even an option for me. (I never even realized this until now...) Sounds like you have the exact opposite problem. |
@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. 😎 |
