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Every multi-channel Super Audio CD includes a separate 2-channel
stereo mix, done by the hand of the producer—not by a computer.
Every Super Audio CD player will play back the 13 billion audio Compact
Discs worldwide. So the Super Audio CD format keeps the faith with CD, the
most popular digital format of all time. The Super Audio CD format also includes
a hybrid disc option that will play back beautifully in more than 700 million CD
players, worldwide.
Disc diameter
Disc thickness
Playback side
Coding System
Sampling Frequency
Disc data capacity
Disc minimum pit length
Disc track pitch
Laser wavelength
Lens numerical aperture (NA)
Playback frequency range
(theoretical)
Dynamic range (theoretical)
Maximum playback time
Additional functions
ES Series DVD-Video/CD/SA-CD Players; Version 3.0
Backward compatibility
CD
12 cm
1.2 mm
Single
16-bit linear PCM encoding
44,100 Hz
680 MB
0.83 micrometers
1.60 micrometers
780 nm
0.45
DC—20,000 Hz
96 dB (audible range)
Approx. 74 min. (stereo)
Text, graphics
Super Audio CD (single
layer)
12 cm
1.2 mm
Single
1-bit DSD encoding
2,822,400 Hz
4.7 GB
0.40 micrometers
0.74 micrometers
650 nm
0.60
DC—>100,000 Hz
More than 120 dB (audible
range)
Approx. 110 min. (stereo)
Approx. 74 min. (multi-
channel and stereo)
Text, graphics, video
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