Interesting Hi-Res (especially SACD) article in EQ magazine. - theaudiohiffle

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Interesting Hi-Res (especially SACD) article in EQ magazine.

Posted by theaudiohiffle (A) on December 31, 2004 at 16:41:07

Thought you might enjoy this lead from an article in the latest issue of EQ Magazine (aimed at small studio recording pros), regarding the recently concluded AES Convention in San Francisco. They tried to summarize what they saw as the three big trends emerging from this show.

"TREND #3: DSD GETS AFFORDABLE"

"Not impressesed by high-res audio? Expect to have your mind changed. In the opinion of many with golden ears, and quite a few with lesser auditory endouwments, Sony's Direct Stream Digital is the closest yet to analog tape running at 30 ips - sans hiss and distortion. So far those with SACD players have heard DSD, but few others have because the cost and availability of authoring tools has been limited. Yet at this AES, DSD made its move. And we're going to see it move more over the course of the year"

EQ Magazine, January 2005, p 22.

The article went on to describe the Tascam DV-RA 1000 stereo recorder ($1499) "...used to be you needed Bill Gates-like wealth to get involved with DSD," which records either DSD or PCM at 192/24 onto DVD-R disks. One disk can record an hour of DSD two-channel performance. Later in the article (p 25) it goes on to concludes that the TEAC machine "..is the equivalent of a DAT machine for the 21st century."

The article also points out that Phillips has released a DSD plug-in for Pro Tools Mac as well as a full scale SACD Creator Pack designed for creating SACD cutting masters and disk images. And it suggested looking for a near-future release of DSD capabilities in Pyramix, as well.

So, essentially we now have DVD-recorder and plug-in equivalents for both DSD and DVD-A (Disk Welder Steel and Bronze) at reasonable prices.

When the technology gets affordable to the average studio, it augurs well for the future of high-res, don't you think?

Harry

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Topic - Interesting Hi-Res (especially SACD) article in EQ magazine. - theaudiohiffle 16:41:07 12/31/04 (14)

Re: Interesting Hi-Res (especially SACD) article in EQ magazine. - Max 10:05:19 01/01/05 (9)

Re: Interesting Hi-Res (especially SACD) article in EQ magazine. - racerguy 20:18:08 01/01/05 (8)

Re: Interesting Hi-Res (especially SACD) article in EQ magazine. - andy_c 13:22:52 01/02/05 (7)

Yes, but... - racerguy 14:42:52 01/02/05 (6)

Looks like it was 1982 for 16-bit PCM processors for VCR - andy_c 15:57:17 01/02/05 (5)

Amateurs didn't buy those either (nt) - racerguy 16:33:25 01/02/05 (4)

The "ten years" thing was a PIOOYA (NT) - andy_c 20:55:55 01/02/05 (3)

No - racerguy 06:09:05 01/03/05 (2)

Okay, let's try to clear this up... - andy_c 10:55:58 01/03/05 (1)

That's all very nice, but... - racerguy 14:04:07 01/03/05 (0)

Re: Interesting Hi-Res (especially SACD) article in EQ magazine. - bond007 17:33:51 12/31/04 (3)

wow... - Oface 01:16:34 01/01/05 (0)

Thanks for an informative and educated view.... - theaudiohiffle 18:53:40 12/31/04 (1)

ditto....bonds reply to your post was the most interesting thing I`ve read here in a while. nt - jaiva 23:22:25 12/31/04 (0)

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