Blu ray audio

[SteveR750]

Have got chilled Guinness and AC DC Live! on the Sony 370 and the SQ is really very good - I assume BR is audio 'equivalent' to SA-CD..? i.e. in terms of sample rate, data rate etc..

 

[aliEnRIK]

Bluray is capable of full 24 bit 8 channel audio (Although your definitely not guaranteed to get audio quality quite that high)

SACD is 20 bit 6 channel

It does get a lot more complicated than that, but theres the basics

 

[Andrew Everard]

Actually, SACD is 1-bit.

 

[the record spot]

And originally was stereo only. The whole multichannel thing happened when the home cinema thing kicked off in the early 2000s.

 

[FunkyMonkey]

the record spot:And originally was stereo only. The whole multichannel thing happened when the home cinema thing kicked off in the early 2000s.

And all the better for it.

I got my demo Opus Arte Opera/Ballet blu ray recently. And was blown away by the sound quality. The video was pretty amazing too, for the record.

 

[Andy H]

It's a shame multi channel didn't take of. I only ever experienced it once and was amazed.

 

[Andy H]

Just to add, i was talking about sacd and dvd audio.

 

[Andrew Everard]

I'm actually reviewing new multichannel SA-CD releases every month for Gramophone's audio pages...

 

[Andy H]

Really-----Andrew, I thought the format had died away. I stand corrected