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Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD (SACD) is an optical disc format for audio storage introduced in 1999. It was developed jointly by Sony and Philips Electronics and intended to be the successor to the compact disc (CD) format.

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Capacity
4.38 GiB (4.7 GB) single layer and hybrid 7.92 GiB (8.5 GB) dual layer
Developed by
Sony and Philips
Encoding
Digital (DSD)
Extended from
Compact Disc Digital Audio
Media type
Optical disc
Read mechanism
650 nm laser (780 nm for the CD layer of a hybrid disc)

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Super Audio CD

Nodes93
Edges92
Triples30
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021505
Components1

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Super Audio CD

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related to Direct Stream Transfer · 13
Super Audio CD → Amd, Direct Stream Transfer, DSD, DST, ISO/IEC, It, Lossless, MPEG-4 Audio, SA-CD, Super Audio CD Specification, Target, The MPEG-4 DST, To
related to history · 8
Super Audio CD → By, Crest Digital, May, Philips, SACD, Scarlet Book, The Super Audio CD, United States
Capacity · 1
Super Audio CD → 4.38 GiB (4.7 GB) single layer and hybrid 7.92 GiB (8.5 GB) dual layer
Developed by · 1
Super Audio CD → Sony and Philips
Encoding · 1
Super Audio CD → Digital (DSD)
Extended from · 1
Super Audio CD → Compact Disc Digital Audio
Media type · 1
Super Audio CD → Optical disc
Read mechanism · 1
Super Audio CD → 650 nm laser (780 nm for the CD layer of a hybrid disc)
Released · 1
Super Audio CD → 1999; 27 years ago (1999)
Standard · 1
Super Audio CD → Scarlet Book

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Important terminology

sacd disc audio cd dsd layer format compact players hybrid discs standard digital khz conventional player sound sacds sony stream

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Super Audio CDCapacity4.38 GiB (4.7 GB) single layer and hybrid 7.92 GiB (8.5 GB) dual layer1.00infobox
Super Audio CDDeveloped bySony and Philips1.00infobox
Super Audio CDEncodingDigital (DSD)1.00infobox
Super Audio CDExtended fromCompact Disc Digital Audio1.00infobox
Super Audio CDMedia typeOptical disc1.00infobox
Super Audio CDRead mechanism650 nm laser (780 nm for the CD layer of a hybrid disc)1.00infobox
Super Audio CDReleased1999; 27 years ago (1999)1.00infobox
Super Audio CDStandardScarlet Book1.00infobox
Super Audio CDUsageAudio storage1.00infobox
Super Audio CDrelated to Direct Stream TransferTo0.60section
Super Audio CDrelated to Direct Stream TransferDSD0.60section
Super Audio CDrelated to Direct Stream TransferDirect Stream Transfer0.60section

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