Sony SCD CE595 Operating Instructions - Page 5

About the Super Audio CD Super Audio CD is a new high-quality audio disc standard where music is recorded in the DSD (Direct Stream Digital) format (conventional CDs are recorded in the PCM format). The DSD format, using a sampling frequency 64 times higher than that of a conventional CD, and with 1-bit quantization, achieves both a wide frequency range and a wide dynamic range across the audible frequency range, and so provides music reproduction extremely faithful to the original sound. Types of Super Audio CDs There are two types of discs, depending on the SA-CD layer and CD layer combination. SA-CD layer: A high-density signal layer for Super Audio CD CD layer1): A layer that is readable by a conventional CD player Single layer disc (a disc with a single SA-CD layer) SA-CD layer Hybrid disc2) (a disc with an SA-CD layer and a CD layer) An SA-CD layer consists of the 2 channel area or the multi-channel area. 2 channel area: An area in which 2 channel stereo tracks are recorded Multi-channel area: An area in which multichannel (up to 5.1 channels) tracks are recorded Example: When the 2 channel area and the multi-channel area are recorded on an SA-CD layer of a hybrid disc 2 channel area4) Multi-channel area4) SA-CD layer 1) You can play the CD layer on a conventional CD player. 2) Since both layers are on one side, it is not necessary to turn the disc over. 3) Press SA-CD/CD to select the layer you want to listen to (see page 9). 4) In case of a disc with both areas, press MULTI/2CH to select the area you want to listen to (see page 10). CD layer3) SA-CD layer3) 5US