DSD Best Practices
After reviewing the technical and business history of Sony’s 1-bit PCM or DSD 64 format, it’s possible to describe the
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Music and Emotion
The Birth of DSD Part III
By the time Sony and Philips completed the design and manufacturing of their first SA-CD machines (which were limited to
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The Birth of DSD – Part II
Sony developed the DSD format or 2.8224 MHz 1-bit PCM so that they could transfer their catalog of analog master
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The Birth of DSD – Part I
There are only two real components in digital audio. There is the word length and the sample rate. Typical word
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Peeling Back the Curtain on DSD…Again!
“I got to ‘hear’ the Sony HD audio player today, feeding their $2K stereo integrated amp and a pair of
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The Continuing Myth of DSD
Let’s start with a few things I read online concerning DSD and DXD (which an alias for PCM): “With a
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Time Aligning Waveforms
I just finished going through the stack of emails that needed my attention and responded to a bunch of comments
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California Audio Show Day 3
Sorry for the very late post today. Following the close of the CAS5 show yesterday afternoon, my wife, our puppy
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California Audio Show Day 2
The second day of the California Audio Show was busier than the first day but commerce at the AIX Records
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A Tale of Two Trade Shows: CAF Day 1
Audio trade shows almost always start on Friday and extend through Sunday. My wife drove me down to Millbrae to
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