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Re: [ARSCLIST] VHS and Beta (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Longevity)
On 04/07/06, Tom Fine wrote:
> the reels were cooler. I borrowed a pile of them, transferred them to
> digital and burned to DVD-A discs. Some of the quad mixes were pretty
> hokey but some were excellent, and the reels were later-era, so they
> used decent tape, had less hiss and no edge warpage. Apparently they
> were premium-priced, so no 3.75IPS junk either. If the quad disk
> formats hadn't been such kludges, the format might have worked, but I
> think even if the mass-market version (grooved disks) worked well and
> sounded great, there just aren't that many people willing to double
> the size, cost and complexity of their sound system. The same wall hit
> by SACD.
SACD is more about better audio quality than about surround.
However, many people do now have some kind of crude surround setup as
part of a home cinema installation. That wasn't the case when
quadraphonic sound came out.
So I think the resistance to having to buy two more speakers will be
less now.
A bigger problem is that most popular albums are so badly recorded that
better reproduction may not be audible.
Regards
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Don Cox
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