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James Guthrie addresses the audience at the ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ launch party in New York.


DVD-Audio cannot be considered ‘high resolution’ – James Guthrie’s speech at the ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ press event in New York impressed upon attendees, including High Fidelity Review’s own Brett Rudolph.

Addressing the contentious subject of whether to release Pink Floyd’s classic album on DVD-Audio or SACD, James cited a number of reasons why he felt Super Audio CD was preferred.

“My principle concern about DVD-A is in the confusion that surrounds it. I speak daily to consumers and industry professionals alike, and I can assure you that the lack of understanding is very real,” James told High Fidelity Review this past Thursday, reiterating part of his New York oration.

This is certainly a valid issue, but it was his later remarks about the Meridian Lossless Packing process (the compression scheme used by DVD-Audio) that have subsequently had the most impact upon post-event discussions.

“The second issue I have with DVD-A relates to the MLP lossless encoding that apparently has not yet been optimised,” James told the New York audience. “Quick-fix high-frequency filters on the final product, also defeats the concept of a high-resolution format.”

David Kawakami, the SACD Project’s North America Director, was also at the event and as representative of the SACD cause, I asked if he could add a little more detail to James’ comments. “I believe what James was referring to in his remarks at the ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ launch was the use of high frequency filters to improve the packing efficiency of MLP,” he told me. “This practice to reduce audio bandwidth to gain program length is described in various published documents.”

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