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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

[SurroundSound] Re: ReUnsubscribe

John,

Don't go -- instead, why not stay and swim for awhile? Also, can
anyone post on your blog? Do we need to be someone in the industry?

Thanks,

Tab Cursor

On Feb 24, 2:03 pm, John Sunier <i...@audaud.com> wrote:
> Could you please Unsubscribe me?  Over my head.
>
> On Feb 23, 2011, at 8:20 PM, surroundsound+noreply@googlegroups.com wrote:
>
>
>
> >   Today's Topic Summary
> > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/surroundsound/topics
>
> > Few Little New Year's Presents [4 Updates]
> > The Byrds - Byrdmaniax, from reel [3 Updates]
> > Apple in talks to improve sound quality of music downloads [1 Update]
> >  Topic: Few Little New Year's Presents
> > grill <gr...@index.hu> Feb 22 09:58AM -0800 ^
>
> > Thank you VF. You are our Santa Claus, appearing occasionally with
> > your stuffed bag :-)
>
> > jolson <j.jol...@gmail.com> Feb 23 03:15AM -0800 ^
>
> > OK, I read your comment with the info there, didn't go to gearslutz
> > tho... :) will check it out.
>
> > Soon people can create copies of SACD's, create (artificial) multi-
> > channel SACD's from stereo SACD's, copy SACD to DVD-A, copy DVD-A to
> > SACD, copy watermarked DVD-A's to DVD-A...
>
> > BTW, does anyone know if that program to remove watermarks will be
> > released to us?
>
> > laserwolf <laserw...@embarqmail.com> Feb 23 09:35AM -0800 ^
>
> > I can confirm that the Oppo BDP-83 Special Edition absolutely works. Pyramix
> > created the DAT using DFF and LBM that was provided. Then I opened the DAT
> > in UltraISO and burned to a DVD-RW which took about 20 minutes. When I load
> > disc into Oppo there are 3 tracks. The first track is 7 seconds, the second
> > track is 22 seconds and the third track is 2:32. Text info says Disc Artist:
> > 2L records, Disc Title: Test SACD image, Track Title: stereo. When I play
> > the tracks the display shows SACD and I can listen to the classical piece. I
> > guess the next step will be a method to get DFF files from SACD discs.
>
> > VF <vf.surro...@gmail.com> Feb 23 11:46AM -0800 ^
>
> > thanks laserwolf. very cool.
>
> > it's all gradually getting there.
>
> >  Topic: The Byrds - Byrdmaniax, from reel
> > grill <gr...@index.hu> Feb 22 10:03AM -0800 ^
>
> > I'm overjoyed, flying wth the Byrds:-)
>
> > Ray Shackleford <mos...@gmail.com> Feb 23 12:09AM -0800 ^
>
> > I agree, you rule :)
>
> > realafrica <paul.gam...@gmail.com> Feb 23 09:07AM -0800 ^
>
> > This sound great. Reel rocks as the best source possible.
>
> >  Topic: Apple in talks to improve sound quality of music downloads
> > Joe A <joe.anst...@gmail.com> Feb 23 05:39AM -0800 ^
>
> > This is a very sore subject for me, as both an Apple Mac user and a
> > home theater fan.
>
> > The first step would be getting to lossless CD quality audio on
> > iTunes. Worry about high-res after that.
>
> > Now for my psychopathic rant on Apple. The iPod/iPhone/iPad has
> > turned Apple into what I derisively call an "iToy" company and the Mac
> > is left to wither on the vine and slowly rot. Where once Apple
> > pioneered adoption of new technology such as firewire, now it eschews
> > new technology. No support for Blu-Ray, HDMI *, multichannel audio,
> > USB3, eSATA, 30-bit deep color, and the list goes on and on. The Mac
> > Pro (high end tower) has video cards generations behind the latest on
> > the PC. The Mac Mini and Mac Pro often languish for years between
> > updates. Not a single Mac has ever shipped with analog multichannel
> > audio support, and none support any form of it aside from the last Mac
> > Mini.
>
> > * = the latest Mac Mini, and only it, supports HDMI and claims to
> > support multichannel audio over HDMI.
>
> > A lot of Pro users (Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, etc.) are getting very
> > nervous about Apple's change in priorities.
>
> > The Mac *used to be* the best platform for consuming and creating
> > content, but that's no longer true, sadly. So I don't look for Apple
> > to be a pioneer in this area.
>
> > I'm glad to see some record execs pushing for it, but then again their
> > job is to generate demand for music and this may be yet another format
> > shift (one I'd be in favor of). Maybe the iTunes store will
> > eventually move into HDTracks territory. But even HDTracks doesn't
> > put up multichannel material.
>
> > The steps on the journey I see are:
>
> > (1) Sell lossless files on iTunes (and competitors)
> > (2) Sell high-res files
> > (3) Sell surround files.
>
> > We're quite a way away from that day, and Apple is not going to be
> > leading the charge IMO.
>
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