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New Digital Audio Formats

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bits-bytes-and-tunes dept.

Hack Jandy writes "Anandtech is running an article about new digital audio formats, including DVD-A and SACD. It also discusses how the newest digital audio processors from Intel will handle these audio formats in the future; a good primer for anyone interested in something a little more capable than CDs."

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  1. DVDA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the porn industry we call this Double Vaginal Double Anal. Only a few girls will do it though.

  2. DVDA by PhatCobra · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just hope that the acronym DVDA catches on... that would be funny.

  3. D.V.D.A. by KajiCo · · Score: 2, Funny

    lol couldn't they come up with a better achronym than DVDA, now i won't be able to use this format without thinking of Orgasmo.

  4. It's fantastic! by FoboldFKY · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just think of the advantages.

    1. Us filthy stinking consumers get to buy all our music all over again for easilly twice the price, giving the poor, suffering music industry a much needed (and obviously deserved) infusion of cash.
    2. In the case of SACD, we even get the added benefits of digital rights managements, which we freeloading, undeserving maggots so justly deserve for our years of support of the music industry.
    3. And, to top it all off, the majority of us who aren't audiophiles (lucky buggers) will experience absolutely no improvement in quality whatsoever! Wow!

    4. Some may be tempted to point out these are only benefits for the music industry, and you'd be right. After all, we're just their customers; why should we benefit?

      Honestly, tho, this is ridiculous. With the popularity of the iPod and iTunes (disclaimer: I neither have an iPod, nor use iTunes so I'm not being baised), why do they even bother with these new physical formats? People have demonstrated over and over again that they'd rather sit down at their computer, find the song they want, and click "Download". Sometimes, there's even the word "Buy" associated with it.

      But shame on me, this is the music industry afterall... a body that wouldn't know what the market wants even after we try beating into their skulls with a giant cartoon mallet.

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  5. Is it just me.. by Various+Assortments · · Score: 1, Funny

    .. or does anyone ELSE giggle when they see the acronym "DVDA"?

    ORGASMO!

  6. Re:Before anyone says it... by WeblionX · · Score: 3, Funny

    So it will be good for the Sgt. Peppers CD?

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  7. Re:Before anyone says it... by Threni · · Score: 2, Funny

    > Once you've heard the same album on CD and then SACD you'll wonder how you ever
    > lived without the newfound detail.

    That's not my experience. Perhaps it'll appeal to the `I paid thousands cos the guy told me grey speaker wire is better than black` brigade, but frankly you'll get a better audio improvement for cheaper by paying a hypnotist to simply tell you that it sounds better.

    I still don't understand bi-wiring. Whats the difference between running 1 wire from the amp to the speakers and using filters to split the sound into high and low for the tweeter/woofer, as opposed to running two wires to the speaker, and then using the filter?

  8. Re:Before anyone says it... by Idarubicin · · Score: 5, Funny
    An expensive, high-powered stereo can hit 120-130 dB. This leaves you with 30dB of noise.

    And if you keep listening to music that is that loud, believe me--you won't hear that noise floor for very long....

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