Super Audio CD, an alternative to the DVD-Audio format developed by Philips and Sony. It is designed to play on audio CD players and Super Audio CD players by comprising two layers: one with CD-Audio the other with high quality audio. The audio encoding used is Direct Stream Digital ( DSD).
Super Audio CD. Developed by Sony and Philips, SACD uses 1 Bit Direct Stream Digital (DSD) Technology. Most discs are Dual Layered, with a Standard CD Layer which will Playback on Regular CD Players and an SACD Layer for better Performance when played on an SACD capable Machine.
Super Audio CD. An enhanced audio format featuring up to six channels of high-resolution audio. Requires a SACD player.
Super Audio Compact Disc. A high-resolution audio CD format. SACD and DVD-A (DVD-Audio) are the two formats competing to replace the standard audio CD. Both SACD and DVD-A offer 5.1 channel surround sound in addition to 2-channel stereo. Both formats require special players although both will play in stereo on a standard player.!-- google_ad_client = "pub-6351068995715539"; google_alternate_color = "CCFFCC"; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 240; google_ad_format = "120x240_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel ="3135690862"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "336633"; google_color_url = "000000"; google_color_text = "000000";
an ultra high fidelity compact disc
(Or Super Audio CD) New audio recording format aimed at providing high-fidelity audio reproduction. Whereas CDs use a process calls Pulse Code Modulation (PCM), which is reputed to sacrifice subtleties of music, SACDs use Direct Stream Digital(TM) process, which records a 1-bit signal at 2,822,400 samples per second. At the optical level, SACDs are essentially DVD format.
A dual-layer 12cm disc developed by both Philips and Sony. This new dual layer disc employs a 1-bit Direct Stream Digital (DSD) for higher resolution audio with upwards of six channels while the second layer adheres to the two channel 16-bit/44.1kHz compact disc standard.
Super Audio CD. A joint trademark of Sony and Philips for their proposal for the next generation CD-standard comprised of a 1-bit, 64-times oversampled direct-stream digital SACD format.
A rival to DVD-Audio, offering similar improvement over CD
The world's music companies are keenly interested in the features and capabilities of the next-generation high-density audio disc. For this reason, the recordong industry's three major trade associations have joined forces to form an international steering committee (ISC) to rewiew proposals. To provide input to high-density audio development, the international steering committee has offered a "wish list" of key technical requirements. Prominent on this list is a "hybrid" structure that ensures backward compatibility with existing CD players. The super audio CD clearly meets this need - plus every other requirements on the international Steering Committee list.
Super Audio CD. Enhanced audio format with up to six channels of high-resolution audio encoded using DSD. Requires an SACD player. Multichannel also requires a controller with six-channel analog or proprietary digital inputs for full playback.
Super Audio Compact Disc offers high-resolution two-channel playback.
An enhanced, high-resolution format of CD. SACDs are specially encoded and require an SACD player and six channels of digital audio for full playback performance.
Super Audio Compact Disc - a higher quality CD format giving improved sound quality.
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Super Audio CD. The SACD is a proposed format by Sony and Phillips containing the both the DSD process for very high quality multichannel audio and a Red Book CD layer which is compatible with any current CD player. This means that any current CD will play on a SACD player and any SACD will play on any current CD player.
Super Audio CD. A newer disc format that can play uncompressed digital multi-channel surround sound. SACD discs can be played in current CD players, but the output will only have normal CD quality sound. A “format war” is in progress between SACD and DVD-Audio to see which will become the new audio standard.
Although SACDs look the same as standard discs, they can hold much more digital information than regular CDs. All SACDs contain a studio-mixed, high-resolution stereo signal, and many also contain a high-resolution surround sound signal, which can carry up to six independent channels. SACD uses a new process of sound recording and reproduction called Direct Stream Digital(tm), or DSD, instead of standard PCM.
Super Audio CD. A Sony/Philips format launched in 1999. Based on DSD coding, it offers high-resolution stereo and/or multi-channel sound. Modern SACDs often have an additional CD layer which also allows them to be played in normal CD players, but without the advantage of SACD sound.