05-23-2008, 02:37 AM
[quote deckeda][quote dk62] ... I thought DVDs were good enough until I watched enough HD movies on cable and decided they were not. ... /quote]
People tend to have similar reactions when presented with top-notch audio, but the exposure to that is far, far less than it is with top-notch video.
It's perfectly reasonable that most people are happy with mediocre sound, or sound they think is really good until they are exposed to better. But once it happens, all of sudden "convenience" and tiny file sizes aren't the priorities.
But acoustics of the room(car), ambient noise, loss of high-frequency hearing with age, and predominant type of music all make pristine sound reproduction more difficult to mass market. Personally, I have a decent-size library of both SACD and DVD-A, but I am not too surprised they never caught on with the broader public.
People tend to have similar reactions when presented with top-notch audio, but the exposure to that is far, far less than it is with top-notch video.
It's perfectly reasonable that most people are happy with mediocre sound, or sound they think is really good until they are exposed to better. But once it happens, all of sudden "convenience" and tiny file sizes aren't the priorities.
But acoustics of the room(car), ambient noise, loss of high-frequency hearing with age, and predominant type of music all make pristine sound reproduction more difficult to mass market. Personally, I have a decent-size library of both SACD and DVD-A, but I am not too surprised they never caught on with the broader public.