What's the difference?

[tommyboy]

I just bought the Pioneer DV 696 dvd player. It plays both SACD, and DVD audio. What's the difference in the two? I hve a few DVD Audio discs, bu thave never heard a SACD. Is there a difference in sound at all?

[Speedball]

SACD's seems like they have a quieter background and maybe they are just an all around better recorded piece of music than a regular CD.............that's my take on it anyway.

[Wrench722]

SACD® (Super Audio CD®) Also known as DSD® or Direct Stream Digital®, joint trademark of Sony and Philips for their proposal for the next generation CD-standard. Sony and Philips have split from the DVD ranks to jointly propose their own solution comprised of a 1-bit, 64-times oversampled direct-stream digital SACD format. The original SACD proposal was for a hybrid disc comprising two layers: a high density (HD) DSD layer in the middle, and a standard density CD layer at the bottom. The two layers are read from the same side of the disc; the CD laser reads the bottom reflective layer through the semi-transmissive HD layer, while the middle layer is read by the HD laser delivering high-quality, multichannel sound without sacrificing backward compatibility. The HD layer has three tracks: the innermost is for two-channel stereo; the middle is a six-channel mix; and the outer is for such additional information as liner notes, still images and video clips. Maximum playing time is 74 minutes. This proposal turned out to be too expensive, so the SACD first release is a single-layer SACD-only disc.