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The company was privately founded by David and Norman Chesky of the audiophile recording company Chesky Records, and is based in New York, NY. [2] The service was launched on March 21, 2008, initially offering only CD-quality 44.1 kHz audio files in AIFF format from a small offering of independent record labels, including audiophile record company catalogs from Chesky Records, Reference ...
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. According to SA-CD.net, there are over 6200 titles released on SACD, [1] with a little more than half being classical music. [2]
High-resolution audio (high-definition audio or HD audio) is a term for audio files with greater than 44.1 kHz sample rate or higher than 16-bit audio bit depth. It commonly refers to 96 or 192 kHz sample rates.
It should only contain pages that are Audiophile Records albums or lists of Audiophile Records albums, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Audiophile Records albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
Telarc is noted for the high quality of its recordings, encapsulated in the slogan "The Telarc Sound". [2] Its 1979 high-definition digital recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (the first ever) became a popular way for people to test the quality of their record-playing equipment and audio setups, as only high-quality and properly-tuned systems could play the hifi digital cannon shots properly.
It consists of a list of recordings, mostly albums (with some singles), arranged alphabetically by artist or composer. [3] Each entry in the list is accompanied by a short essay followed by genre classifications, Moon's choices for "key tracks" from albums, the next recommended recording from the same artist or composer, and pointers to recordings on the list by other artists that are similar ...
Considered one of the best and most influential albums in the history of Latin American rock music, with many calling it the best album to ever come out of South America. [56] [57] Al Borde's Top 250 albums of Ibero-American Rock: #2 [56] Rolling Stone Argentina's "The 100 Greatest Albums of National Rock": #9 [58]
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...