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, ...

Music industry statistics showed plummeting unit sales of SACD discs in the first half, but Sony says the statistics reflect a penchant by music labels to code hybrid CD/SACD discs of big releases, ...

What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. setup for network rip 2. attempt to rip "The all-time greatest hits of Roy Orbison" with command: sacd_extract -I -i192.168.1.121:2002 from the Mac What is ...

Shanling’s new SCD3.3 isn’t another nostalgia-driven disc spinner—it’s a purpose-built SACD machine with modern engineering, a full-blown R2R DAC, and a tube output stage baked in. At 10kg, it’s a ...

Hi-Fi `99 became a staging ground for the launch of the rival Super Audio CD (SACD) and DVD-Audio formats, which are headed for near-simultaneous fall introductions in the U.S. During the Chicago ...

The market battle between Super Audio Compact Disc and DVD-Audio may be the least interesting standards war ever. Both of the mutually incompatible higher-fidelity music formats claim vastly better ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Two new digital audio disc formats touted by the music industry for their stellar sound are nowhere near as consumer-friendly as regular old CDs: They're engineered to be ...

The Red Book audio format used by CDs isn't improved upon by either SACD or DVD-A formats, it turns out. Extensive double-blind listening tests conducted by E. Brad Meyer and David R. Moran have shown ...

In 1983 the Compact Disc was marketed to the world with the now famous catch-phrase, "Perfect Sound - Forever." After listening to early CDs, many audio enthusiasts believed the phrase should have ...

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 ...

I've got a few hybrid sacd/cd discs... and how do I rip the cd layer on a dvd-drive? because, I have a dvd-rom drive and a dvd-writer.. and everytime I put the hybrid disc inside, it'll ignore the cd ...