On a certain point I have to agree with OxfordDickie : On QQ they sure have an attitude towards anything that is not quad. Even on 5.1 I got some comments . Must mention this was years ago, but for me enough not to seek any help I might need at that place ! And the strong opinion of some on QQ about upmixes was just rude.
I'm not saying QQ is worthless, but there are some figures there you better avoid !
On the subject : The future is Bluray ! Nowadays DVD(A) players are common, but slowly dying out.
Especially DVDA and SACD are good formats, but they also need players that can handle them.
Normal DVD players don't have that problem, nowadays they can all play 5.1 AC3 or DTS.
For me personally I don't like the fact that I cannot stream an ISO from SACD or DVDA to my receiver.
BluRay has no problem !
When a receiver handles the modern formats like DTS HD MAS, Dolby True HD and FLAC in 5.1, you still cannot play SACD or DVDA in the highest quality without
a suitable player. I think hardware mediaplayers will replace a lot of DVD and even BluRay players, but they cannot replace (yet !!) the dedicated players for SACD and DVDA. (FWIW when I mention DVDA, I mean the Lossless audio on it in MLP, not the VIDEO_TS part with standard DTS !)
I stream from my PC to my mediaplayer and it can handle FLAC upto 24/192 in 5.1 !! I can also stream without a problem an ISO of a 50GB BluRay ;-)
BUT..... you cannot do that with SACD or DVDA.
When you're a mixer, I wonder why quad and not 5.1 !? 5.1 is found more and more in houses than 4.0 !
AFAIK there are no portable players that do 5.1 (or 4.0) and the surround headphones don't deliver the quallity you want.......
just my 2 cents !
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