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Music on DVD vs CD or SACD - any difference?

Hi, I'm new here and just getting into audio and music (jazz / vocals mostly).

This may be a dumb question but is there any difference in the music quality between different media formats?

Let's say that Diana Krall's "Live in Paris" is available on video DVD (or Blu-ray), CD and SACD. Would the music quality be the same between all formats (assuming 2 ch playback) -- would one be relatively indifferent?

I'd probably pick up the DVD / Blu-ray to get the video aspects of a performance unless the CD / SACD version would be noticeably better.
saru

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saru OP
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Hi guys -- I'm not sure if there are Blu-ray audio disks. I guess I don't have any comparative experiences between the audio quality between:

1) DVD (video of Live in Paris); not DVD-A
2) Blu-ray (video of Live in Paris)
3) DVD-A (obsolete? but better than SACD per Eldatford -- for the uninitiated like me -- why is DVD-A better than SACD?)
4) SACD

I would guess that DVD-A and SACD would contain better audio (since they contain DSD -- I don't think DVD and BR contain DSD audio unless it's a special option on select titles?).

So, I think I just answered my own question :) Sorry -- I'm still learning about this stuff.
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