Hi Can someone quickly summarize for me the main differences between HDCD,SACD,DVD-audio and standard CD?
Having just picked up a japanese remaster of some Bowie, I understand that a lot (or all?) japanese imports are re-mastered at 24bits. But the resulting CD is still the 16bit redbook standard. As I understand it, HDCD is simply a way of encoding/extracting an extra 4bits of data in a standard 16bit CD, but to do so you need either a HDCD enabled CD drive OR use the latest Windows media player which is able to extract/rip this extra data. For SACD's, you need a SACD equipped CD player to extract the extra layer of data. SACD's are essentially 24 bit cd's? For DVD-audio... -- mmg_fan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mmg_fan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34142 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
