HDCD VS SACD

Hi,
Whats the diff.in terms of sound between hdcd and sacd,which is the best for cd player to have?how good in 2 channel sterio?
thanks!

rey2020er02-14-2010 11:14pm

rja Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,356 posts 02-15-2010 at 02:52am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Stanwal, If your DAC or CDP doesn't have HDCD built in, it cannot decode the HDCD portion of the disc. It would play as a standard redbook CD. There's a very good explanation of HDCD technology on Wikipedia if you're interested.
rja Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,356 posts 02-15-2010 at 04:46am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Kijanki, According to my understanding, playing a HDCD disc through a non HDCD CDP/DAC would add a small amount of noise. Whether this noise is discernible I do not know.
rja Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,356 posts 02-19-2010 at 04:45am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If you already own a HDCD enabled CDP or DAC it's worth seeking out HDCD discs. IMO they bring a little something to the party and usually cost little or nothing more than non HDCD versions of the same CD.
rja Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,356 posts 03-30-2010 at 03:12pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Seems to me, and I could be wrong, that MS bought HDCD and pretty much forgot about it. Makes me wonder why they bothered to buy the HDCD technology.