About
the
Super
Audio
CD'·
Super Audio
CD
is a new high-quality audio
disc standard where music is recorded in the
DSD
(Direct Stream Digital) format
(conventional
CDs
are recorded
in
the PCM
format).
The
DSD format, using a sampling
frequency
64
times higher than that
of
a
conventional CD, and with I-bit quantization,
achieves both a wide frequency range and a wide
dynamic range across the audible frequency
range, and so provides music reproduction
extremely faithful to the original sound.
Types
of
Super
Audio
CDs
There are 2 types
of
Super
Audio CDs.
Single
layer
disc
A disc with a single Super Audio
CD
layer*
Channel
areas
of
Super
Audio
CDs
A Super Audio
CD
has 2 types
of
channel areas.
2-channel
area
An area
in
which 2-channel stereo tracks are
recorded
Multi-channel
area
An area
in
which multi-channel (up to
5.1
channels) tracks are recorded
When
the
2·channel
area
and
the
multi·
channel
area
are
recorded
on a
Super
Audio
CD
layer
In case
of
a disc with both areas, you select the
area which is given priority to be played
back
(page 24). You can change the area to be played
for each disc (page 24).
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Super Audio CD layer*
Hybrid
disc
A disc with a Super Audio
CD
layer and a
CD
layer**. You can select the layer you want to
listen to. Since both layers are on one side, it is
not necessary to turn the disc over.
You can play the
CD
layer on a conventional
CD
player.
* High density signals
of
Super Audio
CD
are
recorded
on
this layer.
**The
layer
can
be
played
on
a conventional
CD
player.
2-channel area
Multi-channel area
Super Audio CD
layer
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