Uhm... don't think so. HDCD CDs are pseudo 20-bit encoded recordings, which,
at least to my ears, don't sound any better than a standard CD (and the DCC
and MoFi remastered CDs sound a lot better to me than HDCDs, too!). SACDs
are a totally different animal, they don't use PCM, but rather a technique
known as Direct Stream Digital. The frequency they work at is 1MHz. In plain
paper, the format is directly comparable to DVD-A, but I've read a lot of
reviews of people that think that the signal DSD produces looks quite a bit
"analogue-like", and suffers less from PCM drawbacks.
I listened to SACD in January at the CES. I can sincerely say I've never
quite heard anything like it. I haven't even tried to buy it yet, though,
because I am waiting to see who will win the "format wars". Or maybe an
universal DVD-A / SACD player.
Francisco.
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From: "Don Capps" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: MD: what is an SACD?
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> From: "las" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > How does it stack up against HCDC CDs?
>
> They're both very good...very comparable to each other.
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