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Richard M · 09-05-2004, 15:34

I've never tried it before but I've got the Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 Platinum Pro with the Gigaworks 750 7.1 speakers (both THX-certified) and a DVD drive.

I went down to Virgin yesterday to buy some DVDs and picked a copy of The Eagles - Hotel California on DVD Audio.
I played the first track (Hotel California) and my jaw dropped on the floor!
I have never heard such quality in my life!

For those who don't know, DVD Audio is played back over 5.1 channels (upmixed to 7.1 on my system) and is 24bit/96Khz quality - loads of headroom etc.
The discs also have usual Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS soundtracks included as well but as these are compressed and are only 16bit/48Khz, they don't sound as good as the DVDA part.

Highly recommended, my next purchase is going to be Tubular Bells from Amazon.

09-05-2004, 15:34	#1
Richard M Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Age: 47 Posts: 6,343	DVD Audio - stunning I've never tried it before but I've got the Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 Platinum Pro with the Gigaworks 750 7.1 speakers (both THX-certified) and a DVD drive. I went down to Virgin yesterday to buy some DVDs and picked a copy of The Eagles - Hotel California on DVD Audio. I played the first track (Hotel California) and my jaw dropped on the floor! I have never heard such quality in my life! For those who don't know, DVD Audio is played back over 5.1 channels (upmixed to 7.1 on my system) and is 24bit/96Khz quality - loads of headroom etc. The discs also have usual Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS soundtracks included as well but as these are compressed and are only 16bit/48Khz, they don't sound as good as the DVDA part. Highly recommended, my next purchase is going to be Tubular Bells from Amazon.