DVD AUDIO Experience
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DVD AUDIO Experience
Anyone care to comment on their experience with playing DVD Audios. I've played a few. While the sound is much better than CD's I wonder if speaker and/or amplifier upgrade would improve the sound.
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Doc: No such thing as a DVD Audio CD. Its a DVD Audio Disc. Yes it looks like a CD, as do a lot of DVD's, but its a DVD and will only play in a DVD Audio player, not in a regular DVD Video player. DVD Audio's have the best sound available, 5.1 channels. Some have two sides, one for just 5.1 Audio and the other side with Video. Check out http://www.aixrecords.com/ you will be amazed at the quality of the recording versus CD's, IPODs, MP3's blech!
Lexus owners must not be audiophiles?
Lexus owners must not be audiophiles?
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Well, you're posting in a single model forum that has fairly low traffic, and most of the owners that post here don't have the newest version 5 ML/nav system that plays them.
I took a bunch of disks with me to audition during a set of test drives (LS430, IS350 and ES350) including a CD, DVD, DVD Audio, SACD and MP-3 burned disk. Listened more in the ES350 than the IS... sounded decent but I was underwhelmed with the overall presence of the system. Mids and Highs were pretty good, but not awesome. Lows were evident but in now way impressed me. DVD-Audio vs CD was only a subtle improvement (but not the same source material). SACD was not recognized as expected, but thought I'd try.
I've got a pretty heavily customized setup in my GS that sounds much better (Dynaudio speakers, etc). Not 5.1 though. 2 ch Home setup for audio (got a couple HT's as well) is Theta transport, Audio Research tubes, Sonus Faber Grand Piano. Have a Pioneer SACD / DVD-A also that goes into that setup.
Check the FAQ in the 2nd gen IS forum for a link to a good writeup by one of our audio forum moderators
I took a bunch of disks with me to audition during a set of test drives (LS430, IS350 and ES350) including a CD, DVD, DVD Audio, SACD and MP-3 burned disk. Listened more in the ES350 than the IS... sounded decent but I was underwhelmed with the overall presence of the system. Mids and Highs were pretty good, but not awesome. Lows were evident but in now way impressed me. DVD-Audio vs CD was only a subtle improvement (but not the same source material). SACD was not recognized as expected, but thought I'd try.
I've got a pretty heavily customized setup in my GS that sounds much better (Dynaudio speakers, etc). Not 5.1 though. 2 ch Home setup for audio (got a couple HT's as well) is Theta transport, Audio Research tubes, Sonus Faber Grand Piano. Have a Pioneer SACD / DVD-A also that goes into that setup.
Check the FAQ in the 2nd gen IS forum for a link to a good writeup by one of our audio forum moderators
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Dr E - new Lexus with the Mark Levinson system / 5th generation Nav system can play DVD Audio. I'm not sure if the 06 GX gets that system as an option or it arrives with the 07 or later (I've read it here, just can't recall).
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I am not sure about your question to DR E about which year model has the DVD Audio. I have an 06 and it came factory.
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DVD-Audio un-compatibility?
The DVD-Audio quality is excellent, and with the Nav hack on my new IS is even very nice to look at the graphics/videos together with the music.
But... I just bought a new DVD-Audio from Silverline Records:
Author: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Title: XXL
Barcode: 6-7662882069-8
Year: 2003
It's an excellent multi-channel orchestrated jazz recording, and it sounds great at home in my 'audiophile-like' system as a DVD-Audio, or even in my PC as a normal DVD in Dolby Digital.
But when I inserted it (more times...) in my IS ML system the support wasn't recognised: the disk was accepted, put in the next free slot, but nothing appeared in the IS display close the the slot number to identify the media type.
I explain better: I can see the usual six slots buttons with "1 DVD-A", "2 CD", "3 DVD-V",..., "6 " (nothing written to indicate the recognised media type of XXL).
I managed to play in my Mark Levinson with no problems:
- Other DVD-Audios (eg. Donald Fagen, Clapton & BBKing, Elvis, etc. both older and newer than XXL)
- Normal DVD's (eg. Star Wars, test disks, etc.)
- DualDisc (both DVD and CD sides, eg. Bruce Springsteen)
- SACD (but only playing the CD layer, not the SACD one)
- Normal CD's
Have you got any clues?
Are there different DVD-Audio specifications that could be not compatible with Lexus systems?
My Lexus (italian) model: IS 220d, year 2006, Luxury & Multimedia Pack (Nav + ML). Nav Disc V 05.00.31.
Thanks! Gianluca
But... I just bought a new DVD-Audio from Silverline Records:
Author: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Title: XXL
Barcode: 6-7662882069-8
Year: 2003
It's an excellent multi-channel orchestrated jazz recording, and it sounds great at home in my 'audiophile-like' system as a DVD-Audio, or even in my PC as a normal DVD in Dolby Digital.
But when I inserted it (more times...) in my IS ML system the support wasn't recognised: the disk was accepted, put in the next free slot, but nothing appeared in the IS display close the the slot number to identify the media type.
I explain better: I can see the usual six slots buttons with "1 DVD-A", "2 CD", "3 DVD-V",..., "6 " (nothing written to indicate the recognised media type of XXL).
I managed to play in my Mark Levinson with no problems:
- Other DVD-Audios (eg. Donald Fagen, Clapton & BBKing, Elvis, etc. both older and newer than XXL)
- Normal DVD's (eg. Star Wars, test disks, etc.)
- DualDisc (both DVD and CD sides, eg. Bruce Springsteen)
- SACD (but only playing the CD layer, not the SACD one)
- Normal CD's
Have you got any clues?
Are there different DVD-Audio specifications that could be not compatible with Lexus systems?
My Lexus (italian) model: IS 220d, year 2006, Luxury & Multimedia Pack (Nav + ML). Nav Disc V 05.00.31.
Thanks! Gianluca
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My favorite DVD Audio is Jonathan McKuen-One Step Ahead . He's the son of John McKuen from Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. http://www.aixrecords.com/catalog/jonathan_mceuen.html . This was recorded in true 5.1 by AIX Records, the leader in DVD AUDIO.
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Replace CD-changer with DVD player?
Not sure this is the best place to ask (believe it or not a search for "DVD" turned up with no hits...makes no sense).
I have an '06 GX470 with ML/Nav and a CD changer...i.e. no DVD.
Do you think I could change the CD changer to a DVD player in order to play audio DVDs and have the sytem control it? Not inerested in the video.
thanks,
Mark
I have an '06 GX470 with ML/Nav and a CD changer...i.e. no DVD.
Do you think I could change the CD changer to a DVD player in order to play audio DVDs and have the sytem control it? Not inerested in the video.
thanks,
Mark
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Not sure this is the best place to ask (believe it or not a search for "DVD" turned up with no hits...makes no sense).
I have an '06 GX470 with ML/Nav and a CD changer...i.e. no DVD.
Do you think I could change the CD changer to a DVD player in order to play audio DVDs and have the sytem control it? Not inerested in the video.
thanks,
Mark
I have an '06 GX470 with ML/Nav and a CD changer...i.e. no DVD.
Do you think I could change the CD changer to a DVD player in order to play audio DVDs and have the sytem control it? Not inerested in the video.
thanks,
Mark