DVD Audio or SACD creation in 2023 ?

[Pierro787]

Hi,

What is the best strategy for 5.1 surround sounds diffusion in 2023 ? I have created some ambiant and relaxing sounds with ambisonic records, synths and sampling sounds ( rain, tibetan bowls, birds, thunderstorms, etc ) with Nuendo. All the production is with 5.1 surround sounds and music.

I plan to sell this with relaxing kits containing essentiel oils and diffusers with a company who is specialized into this business.

I m in France and I know it s possible to press around 500 Audio DVDs for 500 euros in standard pressing CD / DVD plants.

Pressing SACD is much more complicate and there is only one plant wich can do the job in Austria. I can not find any fees for this anywhere on the net. I have just read the price for 500 SACD may by far away expensive.

I guess pressing SACD may be a better decisions because there are much more SACD players around the world.

Another option would be to create a mobile app containing all the audios with binaural audios with headphones. But as a sound designer, I would prefer creating some DVDs Audio or SACDs.

What do you think ?

Thanks,

Pierre

 

[gene_stl]

I doubt that there are more SACD players in the world. I think you probably should look at either Red Book CD or DVD-Video in order to get maximum number of potential users. Anyone please correct me if I am speaking in error. But that is my impression. I also don't know what the percentage of DVD players that can play DVD-A. That would be something to look into.

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

Proper pricing is confidential information and actually can't be shared. If you want it for yourself, inquire and request a quote from a pressing plant. It's recommended to do this regardless to get current market prices as the information on the internet can be inaccurate and outdated.

The decision for SACD or DVD-Audio in the modern day boils down to this: do you want the 5.1 version to be more accessible or the stereo version to be more accessible? If it's the former, go with a DVD-Video/DVD-Audio Hybrid. If it's the latter, go with a Hybrid SACD.