The SACD is a “super” CD, it sounds better, offers multichannel, high-resolution sound, and hybrid SACDs are backwards compatible with CD players. Sony initially pushed SACD as a CD replacement and ...

SACD and DVD-A pinned their futures to the hope that there was a market for 5.1-channel music, and flopped. Now Blu-ray is making an even feebler attempt. Of course the record labels knew selling a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1999, music consumption was shifting in a new direction. As home internet connections got faster, users discovered improvements that had ...

Original Publish Date: 12/23/01 - Much of the content in this article has been addressed via hardware, but we keep it live for archival purposes. Software selection however is still the big issue ...

When you look at the excitement that Dolby Digital and dts 5.1-channel soundtracks from DVDs can generate played over a good home theater system, it’s not surprising that Sony/Philips and the DVD ...

The Chiaroscuro Quartet continues its journey through Beethoven's string quartets with a new SACD featuring three works that ...

If you were wondering if people still buy CD players, McIntosh just pulled back the curtains on a mighty player built for CDs and high-res streaming. During our tour of the WoM (World of McIntosh) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Ever since Marantz was acquired by Sounds United, the audio ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Most days, I receive a load of press releases announcing ...

It has been some time since I wrote the controversial, but much needed article titled, "DVD Audio & SACD The Royal Scam". I did not write this article to bash new technologies, nor to be a ...