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Super Audio CD - The volume of the CD layer is 448 Mb - As you know, the SACD format is not compatible with a computer. Moreover, it's not about any artificial protections (as on competing DVD-Audio), but about the type of disc itself — the computer simply does not recognize it. Therefore, it is impossible to find out even the volume of the SACD layer on this disc, let alone copy tracks. However, for those who do not have players with SACD support, an Audio CD layer is provided on the disc. The computer treats the disc as a standard Audio CD without any protection whatsoever. Therefore, you can listen to the disc on your computer using any audio players in standard PCM quality. Which, of course, cannot be compared to the DSD stream on SACD. At the same time, you can listen to the disc in both stereo and six-channel mode. It should be noted that the album has been remastered in 5.1 mode with high quality. An exemplary six-channel mix. The channel decomposition is performed flawlessly. The back frequencies are turned on exactly when the musical material requires it. The sound quality is top notch.
DVD-Video Disc - Disc Type: DVD9. Volume — 6255 Mb. Zone: 0 (All region). Video standard: PAL. Image format: 1.85:1, anamorphic. Audio track on the documentary: PCM Stereo (1536 Kbps). Audio track on audio tracks: PCM Stereo 24 bit (2304 Kbps), DD 5.1 (448 Kbps), DTS 5.1 96/24 (1536 Kbps). Subtitles (for documentaries): English, French, German, Spanish, Italian.
The DVD menu is static and not voiced. The overall style of the menu fully corresponds to the minimalism of the cover. The menu navigation is very convenient and intuitive. But before going to the menu, you will have to watch a 22-second, non-rewinding advertisement for the Mute label. Unfortunately, there are UOPS (actions prohibited to the user) on the materials themselves. For example, it is impossible to switch subtitles on a documentary while watching it. And if you're watching a DVD on your computer, then you won't be able to play the movie from the beginning, but from somewhere in the middle. Fast forward is not blocked. In addition, it is impossible to switch audio tracks on audio tracks while listening (of course, unless you use special programs to remove such protections).
Speak & Spell 5.1 Mix (44:14) - The creators of the CD have taken care of those Depeche Mode fans who want to hear the full audio program of the album in six-channel mode, but do not have SACD players. On the DVD, all tracks can be listened to in three versions: with high-bit stereo sound (24 bit versus 16 bit on Audio CD), with standard Dolby Digital sound, which is supported even by the oldest DVD players, and, finally, with DTS 96/24, the most "advanced" modification of DTS, which differs from the most common version in increased bit depth and sampling frequency. As you know, the characteristics of the DTS 96/24 match those of DVD-Audio. And although the sound is on DVD-Audio (the so-called Advanced Resolution) and SACD (we are talking about a DSD stream), the DTS 96/24 is as close as possible to them in terms of sound quality, ahead of all other sound DVD formats, including the widely advertised DD EX. So in this case, the DTS track is almost as good as the SACD. Unless the detail on the SACD is slightly higher, but the difference will only be noticeable at high volume and a high-end audio system. The 24-bit stereo track is also very good. But the Dolby Digital track sounds much less vivid and expressive than PCM and DTS, but in itself it is very good.
Depeche Mode: 1980 — 1981 (Do we really have to give up our day jobs) (28:23) - A documentary film about the creation of the band, the recording of the first album and the first British concert tour. The film begins with footage from Depeche Mode's recent press conference on the release of the album Playing The Angel, after which the film begins to rewind. Footage from the band's music videos and performances passes in front of us in accelerated mode backwards (of course, in reverse chronological order), and in the end we find ourselves in 1980, in the town of Basildon, where the band was formed. The documentary is edited from old and new interviews with Depeche Mode musicians (including Vince Clarke), from fragments of clips for songs from the debut album, as well as from footage from the band's early performances. Very high-quality and solid work, of interest to all Depeche Mode fans.
Bonus Tracks - presented only in stereo (standard PCM Stereo 1536 Kbps)
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