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Is HDCD dead?

I'm looking at players on this site and hardly none of them seem to encode "HDCD".Is this used in some of the newer players yet?In the past the cd's that had the HDCD label on them all sounded better than regular redbook cd's.Why are'nt more players using this technology.Does anyone have a list of players that use HDCD encoding?

Spaz (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-28-07

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03-01-07 The denon dvd 29xx, 39xx, and 59xx models all have hdcd deco ... Rlwainwright

03-01-07 Ditto. Unsound

03-01-07 Is anyone still recording in hdcd? this technology is a good ... Jmslaw

03-01-07 In my experience i have seen very few mfg's produce players ... Czbbcl

03-01-07 Maybe it's because microsoft bought pacific microsonics and ... Forrestc

03-01-07 Don't need it, don't want it, don't look for it, frankly it ... Plato

03-01-07 Of cource, reference recordings still encodes hdcd. i prefer ... Bob_reynolds

03-01-07 The new raysonic cd-128 has hdcd decoding. sounds very good ... Raymondr

03-01-07 I want it and don't have it on my current player, the emc-1u ... Johnmcalpin

03-01-07 Naim players do hdcd... Perfectionist

03-01-07 No but alot of the dead are on hdcd.....cary = hdcd Pehare

03-01-07 The 15 or so that i have all sound better than standard rb o ... Ludimagis

03-01-07 Shanling supports hdcd and i do prefer it to "normal&qu ... Hack

03-01-07 A/b any of the red book grateful dead cd's(and mo fi) to the ... Spaz

03-01-07 Funny, i went to look at a naim player and loved what it was ... Johnmcalpin

03-02-07 My former ps audio dac had hdcd decoding, which sounded good ... Satch

03-01-07 Generally i love the hdcd playback on my cary 303/300. it c ... Aggielaw

03-02-07 I'm not to sure on other disc with hdcd.but what ever they d ... Spaz

03-02-07 Spaz...it's the mix. an extra 4 bits of resolution would (pe ... Eldartford

03-02-07 As stated above there are some new releases and remasters st ... Stilljd

03-02-07 Spaz, unless you are taking into account the level boost man ... Bob_reynolds

03-02-07 I think it important to remember, that one can cut back the ... Unsound

03-03-07 Play your hdcd discs on a pc with windows media player (the ... Piano632

03-03-07 This site is available in english and has list of current hd ... Winger

03-03-07 By the way,the mushrooms are good ...so very good.jerry is n ... Spaz

03-03-07 The only thing i tried to state is hdcd makes a differnce.an ... Spaz

03-05-07 I agree. Stilljd

03-19-07 Yes. wait till you hear sacd of great player like marantz sa ... Jygesq

03-21-07 I stumbled on to an atlantic records 50th anniversary hdcd c ... Modernaire

03-21-07 Just rec'd wayne wallace's (trombone-playing/master arranger ... Chazro

03-25-07 Modernaire wrote - "as soon as i reached a high enough ... Ctm_cra

04-04-07 My nad plays hdcd but are there units that can also play the ... Veroman

04-05-07 I'm the proud owner of an arcam fmj cd23t, an hdcd player th ... Chazro

04-05-07 Chazro, i used to own the fmj cd23t. i know its unfair, but ... Jj2468

04-06-07 Chazro, does this player have the output to connect to a dac ... Veroman

04-06-07 Was it ever really alive? ha, well it had a small burst here ... Undertow

04-06-07 I must be honest, i don't own any sacd or dvd-a discs! i go ... Chazro

04-08-07 I hate the greatful dead on any format! Mar00

04-08-07 Hey! just got back from my used cd shop where i picked up t ... Chazro

04-08-07 I just ordered the oppo dv 970 to replace my great cayin cdt ... Telescope_trade

04-08-07 Mar00 - each to his/her own. Stilljd

04-18-07 The same bullet that went through govenor john conolly and h ... Mcpody

04-19-07 I feel current reference recordings extremely favorably agai ... Psacanli

04-20-07 I think it's a question of marketing. now would be the time ... Chazro

04-20-07 Psacanli...microsoft wanted the technology to apply to video ... Eldartford

04-20-07 Eldartford, i was unaware microsoft bought hdcd for video-bu ... Psacanli

04-21-07 Cd has a dynamic range of 96 db. the noise floor in quiet e ... Shadorne

04-25-07 Perfectionist, are you sure about the naim's playing hdcd's? ... Jack_dotson

04-25-07 Jack_dotson, while i've had a cd5i and cd5x in my system, a ... Perfectionist

04-25-07 The genius of hdcd will last as long as music is played via ... Psacanli

05-02-07 Shadorne, the benefits of hdcd are far more than the dynamic ... Psacanli

05-02-07 Picked up this gem at my local used cd shop: the beach boys ... Chazro

05-02-07 I don't understand why some poo-poo hdcd. who cares? cd's t ... Perfectionist

05-04-07: Double4w
Spaz,Rotel RCD1072 is a HDCD player.
Double4w (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

05-06-07 Eldartford, there is no reason why hdcd could not work for m ... Psacanli

02-28-08 Here's a new twist ... as mentioned above, windows media pla ... Scramman

02-28-08 Psacanli...the encoding technology of hdcd could indeed be a ... Eldartford

02-28-08 On second thought it isn't applicable to sacd because they a ... Eldartford