It has been some time since I wrote the controversial, but much needed article titled, "DVD Audio & SACD The Royal Scam". I did not write this article to bash new technologies, nor to be a ...

Leveraging the HEOS Built-in platform, SACD 30n combines a premium CD/SACD player with a modern digital source’s hub, a USB-DAC and a built-in preamplifier. The new SACD 30n draws on the Marantz ...

Original Publish Date: 12/23/01 - Much of the content in this article has been addressed via hardware, but we keep it live for archival purposes. Software selection however is still the big issue ...

Before hi-res audio could be streamed from a USB storage device or the cloud, it lived on an optical disc the size of a CD. Throughout the 2000s, two competing formats – SACD and DVD-A – duked it out ...

It’s been almost four years since we were introduced to PS Audio’s DirectStream Memory Player (DMP) at the Mountain Sun Brewery in downtown Boulder, CO. It’s been two years since I first plugged a DMP ...

Looking for that final CD player or transport that can play every format including DSD and SACD? The new PS Audio PerfectWave SACD transport is shipping. Contrary to what you might have read online, ...

As one of the most commonly used storage formats for music, the compact disc has come a long way since its introduction in 1982. Over the years, various enhancements have been made to the CD format, ...

Ten years ago SACD and DVD-Audio were hailed as the next big things. Everyone thought multichannel music would soon replace stereo, but stereo's still here and 5.1 music is nearly extinct. Ex-movie ...

The venerable CD is being pummeled on two fronts, the most prominent beating coming from the online digital download side — iTunes/iPod, et al. But less prominent and far more significant to packaged ...

Super Audio CD decoder. Converts SACD image files, Philips DSDIFF and Sony DSF files to 24-bit high resolution wave files. Handles both DST and DSD streams. -i, --infile : Specify the input file ...

The popularity of the CD format cannot be disputed. At least, 600 million owners of CD players worldwide can’t be wrong. However, despite its convenience and ease-of-use, the humble CD leaves many ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1999, music consumption was shifting in a new direction. As home internet connections got faster, users discovered improvements that had ...