[Ham-Computers] Conversion Of Audio/Video DVD To Music Only CD?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi All,

I sincerely hope that one of you chip and silver solder dip devotees can 
help the old blind dude out of this Mason jar that fate is trying to seal me 
into! No cheers Pete, thank you. (Chuckle)

As some of you are aware, I am a serious audio fan. Not an 'Audio Fool', as 
the original sixties term once revered has now come to be associated with 
those missing a few grooves in the 33 1/3 or 45 rpm vinyl platters!

A very close friend of mine is the super low Bass singer for a nationally 
known southern gospel male quartet. They released a DVD last December and it 
is the best mix the digital dudes have ever done with one of the groups 
recordings. However, my friend hits notes in the 44 HZ to 68 HZ range and my 
surround sound system can not handle them. I am a hardware audio fan, no 
computers, just real reels of tape, hardware turntables, DAT studio grade 
decks etc. So do my mix and match "modern" stereo system and my vintage H.H. 
Scott system have a DVD player? No! Just a CD player and a Sony and A denon 
CDRW recording decks.

However, to prevent a purist noticing my Yamaha single CD player connected 
to the aux. in/out of the H.H. Scott LK-72B integrated stereo amplifier, I 
have a 1989 Pioneer six CD changer wired to it! The price tag is still 
attached to it, a staggering $395!

Here is my problem.

I enjoy it when my friend does what the lowest Bass singer in the world, the 
late J.D. Sumner did, what I call the "Room Shake Effect"! But the Yamaha 
surround sound amplifier and 5.1 speaker system can not handle accurate 
reproduction of frequencies that low. Not without distortion or the hang 
time of the given note falling off at 250 milliseconds instead of at 875 
milliseconds.

Since I do not play musical DVD recordings on my two primary stereo systems, 
buying a DVD player for one of them is a waste of money. Since I am totally 
spoiled when it comes to audio demands, I do not listen to music on a 
computer.

What I would like to do, if it is possible or practical without obvious 
frequency degradation, is to record the audio from the DVD to a CD.

Typically when I remaster from vinyl to CD I first make my Master as a DAT 
(Digital Audio Tape). Then feed the DAT Master to the Sony CDRW deck to burn 
the CD.

Have any of you ever copied the music from a DVD to a CD with no distortion, 
frequency loss etc.? If so, how?

I have a high end Pioneer DVL-919 CD/LD/DVD player. This is what the DVD 
will be played on. It has a variety of audio outputs, mostly RCA female, to 
select from.

Is it possible for me to do a direct feed from the Pioneer DVD player by 
audio patch cables to the Sony ZA5 DAT deck?

I will appreciate any assistance any of you can give me on how to make a 
high quality CD of the original DVD. Such as how to get rid of the video and 
end up with "just" a music CD!

Now if it comes down to doing some editing, such as removing talking prior 
to the start of a vocal, I can do all of that with the DAT.

It is this video data on the DVD being passed to the CD recording that 
concerns me.

Thank you 'very' much for your wisdom regarding thisanalog Vs digital 
musical retro sound byte fit.

Duane, W8DBF


Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
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