CD provides a quality of sound that far exceeds records and tapes. Compact disc digital audio technology reproduces sound with remarkable accuracy, clarity and a dynamic range up to 90db ...

When the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard came out in 1980, there was a curious fact about it: It was 74 minutes long. Not 60 minutes. Or an even 70 minutes. Seventy-four. And it was all one ...

Anyone want a mixtape? The digital audio revolution began with the introduction of the Compact Disc, which first saw commercial production in 1982 — though it would take a few years for CDs to ...

However, it was actually a joint Sony/Phillips attempt at creating a standard, Green Book CDs that existed alongside the Red Book (standard CD Digital Audio and CD+G karaoke CDs), Yellow Book (CD ...

Despite being more than 42 years old, CD audio remains the most popular form of uncompressed recorded digital audio. To some, it’s still the gold standard. For others, newer technology promises ...

And secondly, CD-Rs then were still fairly ... heads—which recorded and played back the digital information that the deck then turned into audio signals. And the resulting sound could be pretty ...

The terms Red Book audio, Compact Disc (CD) and CD-DA (CD-Digital Audio) are synonymous. See CD and CD-DA. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

[Lukas], however, was recently inspired to try decoding the pits and lands of a CD into audio for himself. A fair bit goes into decoding Red Book digital audio. [Lukas] did the smart thing ...

The other high-res audio file option is DSD (Direct-Stream Digital). Originally developed for Super Audio CD, DSD 2.8MHz is growing in popularity with audiophiles. Also known as DSD 64 ...

CD has about a 26dB dynamic advantage over Vinyl and about 40-50dB better stereo separation. By every measure, digital audio is superior to analog. Even the standard redbook CD (44kHz, 16 bit ...