Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon DVD-A. Could this be what surround sound music needs ?
I have always been a big fan of surround sound. My father had a Quadraphonic HiFi back in the 70's (A lovely Dynatron affair) and I was hooked from that moment onwards. The concept of being surrounded by sound, having an audio image created all about me seemed natural and right. Stereo seemed restrictive. It is only recently, since the mass acceptance of DVD and the 5.1 format into home theatres that the possibility of music in surround has been resurrected. Sadly though, it's not much of a resurrection yet. It's taking time. I'm sure it will get there, but there is confusion and animosity over the various formats and of course, you need to get consumer buy in for it to really take off. DVD-Audio & SACD are the two hardware formats that cater for high fidelity multichannel mixes at 24bit/96KHz. SACD is Sony's baby, therefore titles available rely on industry affiliations and we all know where that can lead. For example, Jeff Wayne's "Musical Version
