DVD-A and SACD?

Hi guys I have a imac intel 2.0 dual processor it is about a year old. I am wanting to know if it will play DVD-A and SACD format. The reason i ask is beacuse I would like to buy some surround speakers and be able to play 5.1 audio. Thanks in advance, Mike.

Hi Lorna.
At home I have the following discs -
1) *Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd* - +Hybrid SACD+ (plays on a SACD Player and an ordinary CD Player. I presume one layer is SACD, another is ordinary CD).
I placed this in my new iMac. It appeared on the Desktop as expected and booted iTunes. I was able to play the disc on my Mac. Unfortunately I have no means to determine which track, the Hi Def. SACD or the ordinary CD track was being played because I was using headphones on an iMac but I think it safe to assume it was the CD track.
2) An SACD made by American company TELARC. Title *"Tchaikovky 1812"* and other Tchaikovsky classics such as Capriccio Italien in surround sound. Major differences in Audio Production to usual CD/SACD. However purports to be Hybrid (i.e. have a separate CD track).
On inserting into my iMac I found that the Disc did not appear on the Desktop. It triggered iTunes to open up but did not appear in any playlist. To eject the disc I had to hold down the 'mouse' button while the iMac restarted to make the iMac eject the disc.
3) Jeff Waynes *'War of the Worlds'* 2 disc set. Again claims to play on all regular and SACDs. Exactly the same as the Telarc SACD. Didn't appear on the desktop and it opened iTunes without creating a playlist or uploading. Again I had to restart my iMac and, whilst the iMac was rebooting, hold down the mouse key to force the iMac to regurgitate my disc.
4) Jean Michel Jarre's Aero. Came as a two disc set (a CD and a DVD) with mostly the same material except the DVD had some fancy menus, HD video *(1080i I believe) and Dolby 5.1 surround and DTS Surround systems support. I ignored the CD. The DVD played in DVD player (instead of iTunes. Great HD video of a girl's eyes but again I was unable to ascertain whether or not the sound output was anything greater than plain ordinary stereo (there was an option on the SACD menu showing this as a possibility too)
5) Vaughan Williams - *Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis.* Hybrid SACD again. This SACD appeared on the desktop as normal and appeared (and was playable) in iTunes. No way of knowing if the output is 5.1 surround due obvious iMac and headphones limitations.
+"I am wanting to know if it will play SACD format."+
Yes, and No. Depends on the Sound Engineering it seems. I can't rule out other factors too.
+"I am wanting to know if it will play DVD-A format."+
Possibly. My Jean Michel Jarre disc called 'Aero' turned out to be an ordinary DVD like the ones you buy with a movie + DTS on. I think that it is it is a DVD-V not a DVD-A.
+"I would like to buy some surround speakers and be able to play 5.1 audio."+
Honest answer. Save up some more and buy a dedicated SACD player that does both (I have a Pioneer 656A which pays all sorts of discs including SACD and DVD-A) and a dedicated AV amplifier (with all the modern surround sound decoders) to go with the speakers. Miles better than speakers attached to your Mac. Horses for courses, and all that. Wait a bit and you might even find one that plays Blue-Ray and HD-DVD too.

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