> How much data can the new HDCD hold?
>
As far as I know the same as a regular CD.
> The only issue with sound quality regarding MDs is due to the vact that
> ATRAC is a compression algorithm, and you always lose something in
> compression.
>
Yes, but if you can improve the over all sound quality the loss will become
insignificant.
>
> A CD holds 650MB worth of data, uncompressed. An MD...only 160MB.
I could be wrong, but I believe that it is 140MB.
>
> I really don't know what the big deal is. Personally, I don't know any
> people whose hearing rivals that of the dog, so nobody I know can really
> tell the difference between the CDs I own or the MDs I've copied them to,
> via the digital sound card in my PC.
I agree fully, but many other people insist that they can hear the
difference.
> Larry
>
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