1/17/2023 0 Comments 5 1 channel musicSACD was designed around Sony/Philips' Direct Stream Digital (DSD) codec, which stores music as 1-bit data sampled at an ultra-high 2.8224MHz. ![]() ![]() The future looked bright back in 1999.ĭVD-Audio appeared a year later, launched by a consortium that included Matsushita, Toshiba, and Warners on little more than faith that the next-generation music format could ride on the coattails of DVD-Video's rousing success. Not only that, dual-layer, hybrid SACD/CDs were backward-compatible with standard CD players. Thanks to the format's generous data capacity, a single SACD could contain stereo and 5.1-channel surround mixes. This fall sees the tenth anniversary of the launch of Super Audio CD by Sony and Philips. ![]() Multichannel is just peachy for home theater, but good ol' stereo suits music just fine, thanks very much. A great stereo recording can produce such a full-bodied, three-dimensional soundstage that surround sound seems superfluous.
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