I have a sizable collection of DVD-A and SACD discs and I love most of them. I know vinyl is the perfect format but I just couldn’t talk myself, OK, I couldn’t talk my wife into restarting my music collection in another format which would require a considerable investment in a player and the records themselves in order to hear a difference.
Despite the naysayers, I can hear a difference on well-recorded DVD-A and SACD discs but there is a new format for music that is just getting off the ground. Blu-Ray offers the potential for uncompromised sound, although it is digital and that is good enough for me. I don’t have my cables running through boxes of Peruvian sand and yes there are people who swear it makes a difference.
I am talking about music only discs here, not concert footage, which is readily available. My search was nearly fruitless aside from 30+ classical titles on Amazon. I was thrilled to see there is a market but I didn’t find anything I was interested in buying again. A few hopeful articles are out there but nothing concrete for future mainstream releases. This puzzles me as Universal Music was an early addition among Blu-Ray supporters.
Blu-Ray has potential because of the number of players, including PS3’s that are out and with the format war over this seems to be the next logical step for those who realize that all MP3’s sound like crap on a good system.
*UPDATE* Neil Young is releasing a 10 disc Blu-ray music collection available 2/24/2009. This is a great opportunity to see what the format is capable of. The projected price, well over $300 will mean I will not be hearing these anytime soon :(