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Sony Turns the CD Blu
Sony has announced a "new" CD format. Enabled by advances instituted when they created Blu-ray, the new Blu-spec CD is designed to reduce jitter and therefore increase fidelity of the music reproduction. Sony claims that the new Blu-spec CD offers quality similar to the master. The big surprise of this announcement is that the new Blu-spec CD will work in existing CD players.
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jamie2112 should be listened to
Yeah umm good luck with that Sony....
Audioholic Ninja
jonnythan should be listened to
I dunno, sounds pretty cool to me.Originally Posted by jamie2112
Yeah umm good luck with that Sony....
"Still, with SACD, DVD-A, HDCD, and more already on the market (and not exactly raking in the big bucks), is Blu-spec CD anything more than just another way to get the public to associate "Blu" with "Quality?"
Well, yes. Try playing that SACD, DVD-A, or HD-CD in your car or at your friend's house.
Seriously, I have no life.
j_garcia should be listened to
Blu-CD? New from Sony
Like I said, with CD sales in a huge slump, it sounds like a gimmick to give it a little more time on the shelves. Music CDs will likely go the way of vinyl in a few short years - a niche product rather than a mainstream one, so it will be around but it won't be such a large presence IMO.
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Audioholic Intern
swestbom is gaining some recognition
Let me get this straight, it is still 16/44.1 PCM with two channels but the disk medium is cool?
Yeah right! and I should put pyramids over my cd player as well.
Audioholic Intern
swestbom is gaining some recognition
Almost all SACDs are hybrid you can play them in your car or at a friends house, on your computer, etc. etc. You just don't get the SACD layer, you get the CD layer. DVD-Audio was the turkey format, that is why it died.
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jonnythan should be listened to
I did not know that.
Audioholic
phlakvest is quite helpful
Do they work better than a regular cd with a coating of green ink on the edge?
Am I correct in thinking the 1's and 0's on the disk are the same as the ones on CD's only "better"?
I agree with j_garcia. It sounds like a way of boosting CD sales by riding the coattails of blueray.
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gliz has a small fan club
just how "in the tank" are cd sales anyway? I have as of late been buying CD's like a mad man
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j_garcia should be listened to
I don't have the numbers, but sales are definitely down over the last 2 years. We are not talking small percentages either, we are talking in the 20-30% range year over year.
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