HOW DO SACD AND DVDA PLAY?
Playing a SACD disk is very simple. Just put it in your SACD player and in all likelihood it will automatically play the multichannel program. If you wish to play the SACD two-channel stereo version, or the regular CD version, just push the appropriate button. Make certain you have your preamp/control unit input set to whatever you choose to hear. Playing a DVDA is much more complicated. When I played the EMI DVDA of Mahler’s Symphony 10, after inserting the disk it was necessary to wait until the screen copyright was displayed. A remote control with up and down arrows and an “Enter” button must be used to do the programming. When you push the latter, another screen appears that reads “DVD Video.” Why this is there I cannot understand. There is no video program other than screens with disk contents and listings used to select what you wish to hear. After pushing Enter again, the next screen lists all five movements of the work (no timings are given), whereupon one must scroll down to t
