Best DVD-A/SACD to show off ML sound?
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Any advice on music to show off/enjoy the full ML experience. I like pretty much anything mainstream from country -> rock. My guilty pleasure is still 80's hair metal.
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The Eagles Live DVD is really good... they do a live version of Hotel California that's just astonishing with sound quality.
Also try this awesome DVD called "Animusic"... I saw it on display at this store nearby called Abt Electronics and haven't seen it anywhere else. Great sound quality and beyond entertainment. It's basically a big Rube Goldberg experiment that plays music, all computer animated of course.
Also try this awesome DVD called "Animusic"... I saw it on display at this store nearby called Abt Electronics and haven't seen it anywhere else. Great sound quality and beyond entertainment. It's basically a big Rube Goldberg experiment that plays music, all computer animated of course.
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Originally Posted by TheRupp
The Eagles Live DVD is really good... they do a live version of Hotel California that's just astonishing with sound quality.
Also try this awesome DVD called "Animusic"... I saw it on display at this store nearby called Abt Electronics and haven't seen it anywhere else. Great sound quality and beyond entertainment. It's basically a big Rube Goldberg experiment that plays music, all computer animated of course.
Also try this awesome DVD called "Animusic"... I saw it on display at this store nearby called Abt Electronics and haven't seen it anywhere else. Great sound quality and beyond entertainment. It's basically a big Rube Goldberg experiment that plays music, all computer animated of course.
The Eagles Live is good, but a PAIN to load in a hurry as you have to wait for all the video copyright screens to load, you can't go straight to menu. Remember with a VIDEO audio disc, you have to be in Park AND the Emerg Brake ON for the video menu image to show.
So, what to buy is an audio only DVD-A disk. Amazon and Tower Records sites have them, no video, you can dial it up while driving! One of the best rated DVD-A disks is the remastered for 5.1 surround Eagles Hotel California. Several audio sites rate these disks. Some re-releases are poor stereo conversions and not worth the money....
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Also most 5.1 DVD-A audio streams do not decode properly in our cars and you lose part of the rear... it's noticeable in surround effects (in the event an instruments sound moves around you from channel to channel) or when a whole part of a track is designated to a back channel and it's just gone. Major complaint of mine when it comes to the system as it's not fully DVD-A compatible.
You can however force most of these discs to play in Dolby Digital or DTS to gain proper surround decoding, but at a lower quality, as the DVD-A stream is usually of a much higher bit-rate. If you listen to two tracks back to back comparing DVD-A to DTS you'll notice the difference, as DD/DTS seem much muddier sounding.
I've tried:
Frank Zappa: Halloween
Frank Zappa: Quadiophiliac
Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth
Stone Temple Pilots: Core
in DVD-A and they're all high quality with varying degrees of effects showing the surround (again not in DVD-A mode though). I recommend checking at
acousticsounds.com
They seem to have a pretty good selection and fair prices. Feel free to message me if you have any other questions.
You can however force most of these discs to play in Dolby Digital or DTS to gain proper surround decoding, but at a lower quality, as the DVD-A stream is usually of a much higher bit-rate. If you listen to two tracks back to back comparing DVD-A to DTS you'll notice the difference, as DD/DTS seem much muddier sounding.
I've tried:
Frank Zappa: Halloween
Frank Zappa: Quadiophiliac
Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth
Stone Temple Pilots: Core
in DVD-A and they're all high quality with varying degrees of effects showing the surround (again not in DVD-A mode though). I recommend checking at
acousticsounds.com
They seem to have a pretty good selection and fair prices. Feel free to message me if you have any other questions.
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I'll check them out. I have looked at Amazon and only saw a couple that remotely interested me. Then the customer reviews were horrible, as they were stereo remasters. I was really hoping for some Def Leppard, or something along those lines, but looks like no dice. So far, The Eagles sound like my best bet.
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Good thread. Can everyone also please say if you've actually used the disc in our 2IS personally, that way we don't waste any money experimenting. Earlier someone told me the Santana video was awesome and I bought it and it's a coaster in our car....doesn't work. I would like to get at least one working that I can try out for a demo...Eagles Live sounds great!
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Good thread. Can everyone also please say if you've actually used the disc in our 2IS personally, that way we don't waste any money experimenting. Earlier someone told me the Santana video was awesome and I bought it and it's a coaster in our car....doesn't work. I would like to get at least one working that I can try out for a demo...Eagles Live sounds great!
I definitely tried the DVD-A with no problems in my IS350.
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Good thread. Can everyone also please say if you've actually used the disc in our 2IS personally, that way we don't waste any money experimenting. Earlier someone told me the Santana video was awesome and I bought it and it's a coaster in our car....doesn't work. I would like to get at least one working that I can try out for a demo...Eagles Live sounds great!
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why dont they have a demo disc when you get the car? when i got the TL back in 05 they had a pretty good demo disc for when you picked up the car. was surprised that Lexus didnt do the same unless they just didnt give me one...i have yet to go get any discs as i use my Ipod so i never got any for my TL either.