Super Audio CDs Rolling Your Way

donutello writes "Slate is running an article about the Rolling Stones Remastered series discs having two layers: CD and SACD. The article contains some interesting information about how Sony is sneakily distributing SACD players without the buyers noticing it. This FAQ provides some information about SACDs. Don't expect to be able to play or reproduce these on your computer anytime soon. The SACD format contains a physical watermark on the disc. SACD players will only play discs with valid watermarks. Music watermarks had two opponents: The audiophiles who didn't like their music distorted and people who didn't like the watermarks preventing copying of the music. With the physical watermarks, they have found a way to appease the former while still stopping the latter thus causing a break in the ranks of the opposition."

Comments

Re:Independent recording?

[rodgerd]

Congratulations, you've noticed one of the less-discussed aspects of DVD (and now DVD-A/ SACD) models.

It goes, "Fuck you, indie shithead. You knuckle under, you suck our cock, and maybe we'll buy your company with loose change and pay your artists a few pennies on the CD, like we do with our artists".

You know I was worried

[Com2Kid]

Until I remembered that I don't listen to RIAA crap.

yah.

Both photo's look the same to me?

[Dr_Marvin_Monroe]

Is this how the difference between SACD and regular CD works?

Both photo's explain EXACTLY how the new system works. In fact, when I clicked on the first link, I fully expected to be sent to the second link!......Now that's truth in advertising!.