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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Mr.T  wrote:   
   >"Scott Dorsey"  wrote in message   
   >news:icu5bi$dg7$1@panix2.panix.com...   
   >> I'm not sure I'd call surround playback a con per se, at least no more   
   >than   
   >> any other recording system.   
   >   
   >Me either, *IF* it was just about surround playback. (even though I can't   
   >really see the need myself)   
   >The systems however were promoted on the idea of higher audio quality with   
   >the unstated agenda being increased copy protection.   
      
   Sure, but we have seen increased copy protection with every digital release   
   system.  That's just normal and to be expected, and just like SCMS it will   
   rapidly be defeated by the people who want to defeat it because technical   
   solutions to social problems never work.   
      
   What sells DVD-A and SACD into the market, over CD, is the ability to   
   have surround recordings.  Since there is a large installed base of surround   
   playback systems in homes, as a consequence of the home theatre craze, you   
   would expect this to have some demand.  But it really doesn't.   
      
   People have the ability to play the stuff back but they don't see it   
   worth paying for.   
      
   The increased sample rate or DSD encoding is just a free bonus that comes   
   along for the ride and wouldn't be a selling point even if it did increase   
   sound quality substantially over the CD.   
   --scott   
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