Thursday, May 05, 2005
Dual Disc CD's
Ya know, it has become quite commonplace in the CD market as I have noticed lately to offer the "Dual-Disc CD", instead of the old standard overpriced CD's they used to offer. Much like the conventional CD, they offer 2 sides that have DVD, and 5.1 capability on the flip-side. I have bought my first 2 this week, Ben Folds, and the new Nine Inch Nails. By a landslde in comparison, the only people who are going to really take advantage of this dual disc 5.1 format is the types such as Trent Reznor, how have the spare time to waste 2 years tweaking their MIDI files on a stack of servers in their studios. the only other types are going to be the ones who hire on more sound engineers when they record to capture all the acoustics needed to make the sound complete. The question would remain, is the 5.1 digital sound worth it. Being a self-proclaimed audiophile, I would say yes. People like Trent are doing the right thing in my opinion. They are psushing the technical envelope on what is a dying industry thanks to file-swapping pirates out there (Darn those pirates... :-) It is a good move on the music industries behalf to make this a more commonplace product. This is a much bettter medium to hear music. I wonder how many pirates out there are working on getting their AC3 codecs ready for the new file format revolution! I know of at least one....