Jabez Scratch Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 I plan on buying the Pioneer Elite DV45a universal DVD player. It handles both DVD-A and SACD. To play either format, will I need to run both a digital (i.e., optical) and analog connection from my DVD player to my receiver or just the digital? If I understand correctly (and I do not claim to at this point), DVD-A and SACD run on analog connections only. Am I correct or misinformed? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy81 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 You are correct. You will need to run the analog and digital connections. The DVD-A and SACD formats should be listened to with your processor using the analog inputs. That is a nice player, my brother has it and I wish I had the DVD-A capability. I have a Sony and only SACD. It seems DVD-A's are more popular with more titles out. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodj101 Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 what are you talking about? SACD's pwn DVDA for sound quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy81 Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 I agree, that is why I got SACD. However, my experience is that most retailers carry twice as many DVD-A's as SACD's. This is like the old VHS vs. BETA story. Don't they ever learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTYoung Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 I find more SACDs than I can DVD-A. Even online SACD seems to have more titles out than DVD-A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy81 Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 Darn, I must be looking in all the wrong places. Here in the Dallas area, Best Buy, Virgin and other music stores have many more DVD-A than SACD. What gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodj101 Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 I buy all my SACD's online and they far outnumber the DVDA's. try www.acousticsounds.com thats where I get most of mine and they have great customer service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 I suppose it matters what kind of music you like.I have about a dozen sacd's,about 2 dozen dvda's.For me the biggest selection is dvda,although sacd is coming out with many new ones that I will purchase,I just picked up Frampton Comes Alive.I've listened to both formats for quite some time and neither is superior to the other to my ears.There are good and bad recordings and mixes.When done right either sounds fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prodj101 Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 on paper it is impossible for DVD A to sound as good, the sampling rate on SACD is about twice as high. of course it is to be determined how much of this gets to your ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksdad Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 i read that 1 format is better than the other. i disagree, i guess it depends alot on the machine you use, if it has seperate readers for each format, type of dacs, electronics. my 2900 makes all formats sound equally excellent, and it is really easy to tell differences since heritage is so telling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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