--- "J.David Sapp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > does anyone know what a HDCD is - I believe it stands for 'High Definition Compact Disc'. The sampling rate is higher than that of a "normal" CD. Now, the audiophiles will probably tell you that, without a CD player that has the higher sampling rate D/A converter, you won't hear that much of a difference on a "regular" CD player. But since I'm a mere mortal, I will say that in the process of creating HDCD, the original source tapes are digitally remastered. This, in itself, produces a usually much clearer, cleaner and more defined soundstage vs. the original CD release of a given album. The main reason for this is that, when CD was "brand new", a great many releases were sloppily and hastily digitized to fill the product void. The Fleetwood Mac catalog is notoriously atrocious in this regard -- but the Joni HDCD reissues are uniformly superior, again, at least in these normal everyday guy's ears. Hope this helps. Don Rowe ===== Visit me anytime at http://www.mp3.com/donrowe Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
