Thread: OMG, yet another high-resolution audio format

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Post by The Seventh Taylor May 12, 2008 (1 of 3)
It's called CODE, and it's DVD-based.

See http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080510/music_nm/mellencamp_dc
and http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/10/125604.php

What on earth made them do this? Don't they get it that we don't need new formats but instead need a concerted push behind one of the existing formats?

Post by Claude May 12, 2008 (2 of 3)
As long as the format is compatible with CD players and PC drives, they can try anything they want, because it's only a very small fraction of users interested in the hi-rez part.

For stereo content (reissues), the easiest solution would be to release CD+DVD sets (like Neil Young did), the DVD having 24/96 PCM sound. No new hardware would be required to benefit from the higher resolution. The hi-rez signal could be output to an external DAC, or the DVD be ripped to 24/96 FLAC files for a music server. That would be the most flexible audiophile format for stereo releases.

An alternative would be to offer the hi-rez FLAC files for download only, so people can copy them directly on their music servers, and those who prefer to play DVDs can burn them to a DVD-R. Given the small market for hi-rez content, downloads would involve less commercial risk than pressing discs.

Post by dbmay75 May 12, 2008 (3 of 3)
Claude said:

As long as the format is compatible with CD players and PC drives, they can try anything they want, because it's only a very small fraction of users interested in the hi-rez part.

For stereo content (reissues), the easiest solution would be to release CD+DVD sets (like Neil Young did), the DVD having 24/96 PCM sound. No new hardware would be required to benefit from the higher resolution. The hi-rez signal could be output to an external DAC, or the DVD be ripped to 24/96 FLAC files for a music server. That would be the most flexible audiophile format for stereo releases.

An alternative would be to offer the hi-rez FLAC files for download only, so people can copy them directly on their music servers, and those who prefer to play DVDs can burn them to a DVD-R. Given the small market for hi-rez content, downloads would involve less commercial risk than pressing discs.

Isn't what you're describing similar to what Monster was doing with those Super Discs? I picked up the Vince Guaraldi Charlie Brown Christmas and I must say it was pretty cool. I have 3 different sound perspectives of the original recording on my iPod and the video tidbits, while short, made for an interesting couple of hours.

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