[kj] Zennon, dvd-audio?

[Tim Bucknall]

damn what a missed oppurtunity, i just got my first dvd audio disc (the 
police) and its great quality
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Kolmar" <mkolmar at gmail.com>
To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
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Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] Zennon, dvd-audio?


On 2/16/06, death wish <dwish2000 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I still adore Zennon.
>
> Here's a question some of you uk gatherers might be able to answer, since 
> I
> can't get my computer to accept the pal dvd Loose Cannon single: what
> bitrate is the audio on the first three tracks of the dvd single? I'm
> wondering if we've got some high-calibre dvd-audio on there, or just the
> regular cd-quality shoehorned onto dvd.

It's not even that -- 192kbps Dolby Digital as I recall, same as on
DVD movies.  It's lossy, like a high-bitrate MP3 -- but a better
codec, so closer to 256kbps or 320kbps MP3 quality.  The Japanese CD
has the track in regular CD quality (audibly better than the DVD
single to these ears).

--Mark
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