[mpz]

Try to get hold of the JVC AVX2 single din HU, should be around 12.5 to 15 K, Handles DVD-A multi-channel and WAV's on DVD, and the screen though small helps in navigating the menu structure on DVD-A discs.

cheers

[ImmortalZ]

panky, read the thread. He's not looking for a budget DVD HU. He's looking for a budget HU that plays DVD-Audio.

WAV on USB is hard to get too. Has been mentioned in one of those high end HU threads. Search and ye shall find.

[frankmehta]

The kenwood x991. Expensive. And out of production. No point getting it.

[esteem_lover]

I don't think there is a HU capable of playing DVD-Audio here in India. So obviously it will not fit into a small budget. DVD Audio takes up a lot of disc space, hence was not a commercial success. I converted some songs to DVD Audio and burned it on to a DVD. It could hold only 70-80 minutes of music.

[ImmortalZ]

But looks fantabulous. And the successor is pretty tame compared to it's daddy.

@esteem_lover : Why would you convert tracks to DVD-Audio? Unless you had the studio masters, this would be akin to converting 128Kbps MP3 to WAV and then burning it as an audio CD.

[panky12345]

oops my bad! thought he's taking about giga mp3!

[esteem_lover]

Originally Posted by ImmortalZ

@esteem_lover : Why would you convert tracks to DVD-Audio? Unless you had the studio masters, this would be akin to converting 128Kbps MP3 to WAV and then burning it as an audio CD.

I was converting CD format not MP3. I was curious to check whether my DVD HU would play DVD Audio. The manual was not clear about that, so wasted one DVD.

[nitrous]

You don't need a DVD HU for SQ. There are plenty of SQ setups in here that use HUs like Eclipse, Clarion , Alpine, etc.
About the files, you could move up to 320kbps mp3 (should be ripped well).
Or even listen to Lossless Audio like FLAC or Apple Lossless from an iPod.