Another Limited Edition Eric Clapton Box Set arrived.
Did not get to see this concert live so really good its now available on BluRay so I can watch/listen.
Eric Clapton’s To save a child. Very good. Sad that they are looking so old, including Nathan East and Katie Kissoon, I didn’t realise that she is 73. Strangely missing Chris Stainton. Love Got to get better in a little while.
Totally agree, its a great concert and for a very good cause.
Unfortunately, we are all getting/ looking old now!
Supertramp Live in Paris from 1975. A band at their peak.
And starring the adorable Judy Gees on as Wayne’s sidekick!
Great film!
Rated as one of the best ever Glastonbury Concerts.
Bowie is my wife’s favourite solo artist and my second behind Eric Clapton.
A fantastic concert.
Which blu-ray player are you using?
Im using a Panasonic UB-DP 9000, digital coaxial output to my DAC and the analogue XLR output to my Pre-Amp for the Hi-Res stuff as Bluray player optical and coaxial outputs are limited to 16/48 due to copyright protection rules.
Bryan Adams at RAH is excellent, I have the Box Set too.
I forgot that they limited the digital outputs to 16/48 because of copy protection rules. I was thinking of running a longer optical cable from the blu ray player directly to my Chord DAC. No point now… My LG TV would output the same 16/48 bit stream
It’s interesting, as I’ve found a Bluray LPCM output to my ND555 to be the best source in my system. A well recorded concert is just a superb experience.
Ive done back to back comparisons with the Panasonic 9000 coaxial output at 16/48 and the HDMI audio output at 24/48 and 24/96 directly into my Lumin P1 DAC using many Pure Audio Bluray Discs and to be honest, there is not too much sound quality difference, with the full Hi-Res generally being marginally better.
Same outcome with the analogue XLR output from the 9000 into the Lumin P1 compared against the coaxial output, not too much difference, with the analogue sounding a little softer/smoother/warmer, which I put down to the different DACs being used.
The coaxial 16/48 output is very very good and I use it the most.
PS Noting the vast majority of DVD and Bluray Concert discs are 16/48 LPCM anyway, with only a few with Hi-Res LPCM.
That’s good to know thanks. I have a Cambridge Audio CXUHD, which only has HDMI and coaxial outputs - no on-board DAC. I have the coaxial output connected to the ND555 and the HDMI to the TV, with optical output from the TV to the ND555 as well. I also route my Apple TV through the CXUHD to use the coaxial output, as in theory, I thought routing audio through the TV wouldn’t be as good. Taking on board what you have said, I should probably check the resolution of my Blu-ray Discs and see for the higher resolution ones whether sending audio via the TV and the optical connection is better.
Depending on the optical output spec of your TV it may be better.
My Samsung top of the range 4K TV from 2015 outputs 24/48 from its optical connection.
I have compared this 24/48 connection via Bluray player through my Denon AV Amp to TV via HDMI then optical to my Lumin P1 against the coaxial 16/48 straight from Bluray player to the Lumin P1 and thought the coaxial sounded marginally better, so I stay with that connection now, but its worth checking out in your system.
Just comparing now with …… Us + Them
Will need to check TV specs….
But Time is starting, so it will have to wait now.,
What a fantastic concert, definately a very good one to do sound comparisons with, good luck.
Does your ND555 tell you what the input signal resolution is? My Lumin P1 tells you what input resolution is being received/played.
Unfortunately it shows sampling rate (both 48), but not the bit rate - which normally makes the most different. It shows both for streaming though.
I can’t find any specs for the Bluray or TV outputs, but I think the signal via the TV optical output had a little more openness and resolution - very little in it. I’ll switch the ATV back to direct HDMI input to the TV anyway.
Now, I’m left still mulling bringing the sub back, but just for LFE on movies.
I use my sub for LFE for movies, its very good and enhances the impact of the films.
I almost never listen to the 5.1 tracks on the music concert DVDs and Bluray discs, I much prefer, by a long margin, the stereo tracks in LPCM.