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Old December 1st 03, 01:52 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Michael Jones
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Default Universal DVD/SACD Players


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Is there a list of SACD & DVD-Audio titles?

I don't know much about DVD-A, but all of the currently available (and most
of the soon to be released) SACD titles are listed at
http://www.sacdinfo.com

Can DVD-Audio/SACD downmix into 2 channel stereo? Are there 2 channel

stereo
discs available? My processor lacks 5.1 input.

Downmixing from multi-channel to stereo is a concept alien to SACD. All SACD
releases carry a stereo (or very occasionally mono) mix as it is mandatory
in the SACD specification. A multi-channel mix and/or a CD layer are
discretionary.

As I understand it DVD-A releases may only be multi-channel, with a stereo
version only available via a downmix.

To enjoy either hi-rez format in stereo it would be important for your
processor to have a stereo input that is not redigitized, but provides a
pure analogue signal path.