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Monday, 13 August 2007
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Written by
Scott Selter
Buried
in the rubble of an audio disc format war, with no winner, lie the
remains of two high-resolution audio formats, SACD and DVD-Audio. These
formats held tremendous potential in their day and have left the
audiophile and music enthusiast communities desperate for a
high-resolution answer to their audio questions. A deeper casualty from
the high-resolution audio format war has been the death of the concept
of the album and the near death of music mixed specifically for
surround sound. While Hollywood movies in the theater and on various
disc formats, HD video game titles, and even Las Vegas shows like Love
and Blue Man Group are designed to wow audiences with high-resolution
audio in at least 5.1 channels, today’s music is increasingly being
sold the easiest way possible – through low-resolution downloads for
easy consumption on iPods and computers alike.
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