How Do You Compare Audio Quality On DVD Players?
If you are serious about home entertainment, you’ll need to compare audio quality before you buy a DVD player. While the video quality is important, a DVD player is unable to deliver theater-quality sound without faithful audio reproduction. Establish a benchmark. Decide what sound system you are going to run the DVD signal through. If you use different sound systems to test the audio quality, you will not know if differences in sound were caused by the DVD player or by the sound system. Choose a test DVD. Select a DVD that you will use to test the audio quality of each DVD player that you are interested in purchasing. The opening musical fanfare from a Star Wars DVD might make a good audio test sample because the music features a wide sonic range as well as varied dynamics. Isolate the system. If you’re checking out a DVD player in a store, ask to have the other systems in the vicinity turned off so you can hear the sound quality. Stand back. Position yourself at the same approximate
