[vorbis] HDCD

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Andy D. Smith <AndyCool22 at peoplepc.com> wrote:
: does anyone on this list have any idea of what an HDCD is?  i have a cd and
: that logo is on the back, and windows media player 7 recognizes it as an
: hdcd and displays the logo, but i dont know if that means it is supposed to
: sound better or what.  it sounds fine......feel free to email back to me and
: not to the list as this is off topic...........uhh..........i am ripping it
: to ogg vorbis! =P

HDCD is a basically a 16-bit 44.1kHz CD with extended information that can
be decoded by HDCD-compatible equipment to produce supposedly superior
frequency and dynamic range.

Confusing information here:
http://www.hdcd.com/partners/proaudio/articles.html

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