TITLE

Supporting High-Resolution Audio

AUTHOR(S)

Ciletti, Eddie

PUB. DATE

November 2004

SOURCE

Mix;Nov2004, Vol. 28 Issue 12, p144

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Promotes awareness of universal DVD-A and Super Audio CD (SACD) players. Call on audio professionals to take advantage of DVD-A as a format; Stereo reproduction; Popularity of MP3; Cultural shift toward music as wallpaper rather than serious listening; Obvious flaws in the way invalid comparative judgments are made; Issues with surround; Excessive compression and peak limiting; DVD-A authoring;

ACCESSION #

15005885

 

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