Audiophiles & Blu-ray

[Baudiom]

I see Nine Inch Nails has a released 'Ghosts' as a HiDef BlueRay Album. I am wondering if Blue Ray will become the next delivery for the audiophile community. Can the uncompressed 24bit, 96k LPCM audio of BlueRay finally replace vinyl as the preferred media?

[Bango]

Originally Posted by Baudiom

I see Nine Inch Nails has a released 'Ghosts' as a HiDef BlueRay Album. I am wondering if Blue Ray will become the next delivery for the audiophile community. Can the uncompressed 24bit, 96k LPCM audio of BlueRay finally replace vinyl as the preferred media?

Ahem.... BLU-RAY

Ok done...

[crazy25000]

Originally Posted by Bango

Ahem.... BLU-RAY

Ok done...

LOL thanks, was about to post same thing

[glenabus]

Ditto. Blu-ray is the must have for any audiophile and video watcher.

[Gremal]

I don't think any digital format will unseat vinyl on the throne of the audiophile kingdom. One reason is simply that vinyl doesn't involve digitizing and decoding the music and so it will always have that "holistic" quality to audiophiles in the same way that organic foods are preferred among food connoisseurs. The other reason is the massive quantity of music available on vinyl--much of which was never released on CD and (barring some miracle) will not see the light of day on BD either. So audiophiles will continue to sink money into their turntables and LP collections.

To my ears, DSD (SACD) is preferable than high res PCM. I do like the sound of many BDs, though, and would certainly welcome more music on the format. Neil Young's big retrospective project is rumored to be slated for BD release. We'll see what the studios/labels do with music on blu-ray. So far, there is enough out there to show the promise of the audio capabilities, but not enough for BD to be considered an audio format per se.

[me-uk]

Originally Posted by Gremal

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totally agree

[robertc88]

BD is a niche market. It is going to be hard to guage the interest at this point. I much prefer listening to my SACD collection as far as sound quality. Some of the notables like Chris Botti or Legends of Jazz don't cut it for me versus what I have on SACD.

[Mayor Quimby]

SACD has the best sound quality to my ears but vinyl often comes close. It depends upon the mastering. Even newer 24bit cd's sound much better than their earlier releases. I'd love to see BD for audio. My hope is that as more and more people get dedicated home theatres with surround sound, there will be an opportunity for SACD or BD to step in and become the next audio format of choice. Of course I'm probably dreaming...(especially since most people are fine with mp3's).

[dobyblue]

I didn't know vinyl was the audiophile's preferred medium.
I thought it was SACD and DVD-Audio.

[Deciazulado]

Ahh, if only we had gotten SA-BD

Goldie would be proud

[musicman1999]

Bluray needs to replace dvd first.Also there are no audiophile grade bluray players as yet, although i do want to hear the Denon 3800.

bill

[HDJK]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Ahh, if only we had gotten SA-BD

Goldie would be proud

Where is Goldie anyway?

sorry for the OT

[HDJK]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

I didn't know vinyl was the audiophile's preferred medium.
I thought it was SACD and DVD-Audio.

I guess it depends on the age of the audiophile

[eddievanhalen]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

I didn't know vinyl was the audiophile's preferred medium.
I thought it was SACD and DVD-Audio.

Vinyl is my number one choice, followed by SACD.

[Gremal]

If there were millions of titles on SACD, it might be able to compete with vinyl. But a few thousand won't cut it. It's not just about the format, it's about MUSIC.