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This is a list of some artists whose new or back catalog recordings have been released on high-resolution Super Audio CD (SACD). SACD is a high fidelity format that allows four times greater audio bit rate than Compact Disc for stereo recordings and allows surround sound recordings.
The Super Audio CD format was introduced in 1999, [1] and is defined by the Scarlet Book standard document. Philips and Crest Digital partnered in May 2002 to develop and install the first SACD hybrid disc production line in the United States, with a production capacity of up to three million discs per year. [ 2 ]
NTT Data Communication Modem NDM24 - modem for JRA PAT (Japanese online horse betting) Super 8 / Tri-star - adapter for NES games; Turbo File Adapter and Turbo File Twin - external storage device ; Voicer-kun - infrared transmitter/receiver (used for controlling Audio CD players) X-Band Modem - modem for multi-player gaming (Catapult)
The first commercially available audio CD player, the Sony CDP-101, was released in October 1982 in Japan. The format gained worldwide acceptance in 1983–84, selling more than a million CD players in its first two years, to play 22.5 million discs, [2] before overtaking records and cassette tapes to
A mix of cassette tape and CD-ROM formats. Audiobooks are distributed on any audio format available, but primarily these are records, cassette tapes, CDs, MP3 CDs, downloadable digital formats (e.g., MP3 (.mp3), Windows Media Audio (.wma), Advanced Audio Coding (.aac)), and solid state preloaded digital devices in which the audio content is ...
Playaway audiobook device. Headphones shown for size reference. Playaway is a solid-state prerecorded audio player introduced in 2005 and redesigned in 2016. About the size of a deck of playing cards and weighing 2 ounces (57 g), it can store up to 80 hours of audio. As of March 2010, the audiobooks are all produced in high-definition audio. [4]
A series of enhanced audiobooks from Big Finish Productions with members of the TV series reprising their roles. [ 4 ] Volumes 1, 4, 7 and 10 are set during Season A. Volumes 2, 5, 8 and 11 are set during Season B. Volumes 3, 6, 9 and 12 are set during Season C.
CD-DA (Digital Audio) – originally published by Philips and Sony in 1981, [1] it was later standardized as IEC 60908:1987 [2] and later IEC 60908:1999. [3] CD-Text – a 1996 extension to CD-DA; CD-MIDI – part of the original Red Book standard; CD+G (plus Graphics) – an extension of the Red Book specifications used mainly for karaoke