Introduction; Reality Reproduced: Super Audio Cd; The Next Standard: Hybrid Disc; Sacd 1000: Reality In Sound - Philips SACD1000 Mode D'emploi

Introduction

Reality reproduced:
Super Audio CD
The future in digital sound reproduction is no longer
limited to a closely simulating of reality. The new audio
standard IS reality! The human ear is no longer capable
of distinguishing audible reality from digital reproduction.
At Philips the future starts today with the SACD 1000
Super Audio Compact Disc player. This Super Audio CD
player combines superior sound quality with the
possibility of playing almost all existing audio and video
formats with a single player. Your precious CD
collection retains its value!
The Super Audio standard is based on Direct Stream
Digital (DSD) technology. This new direct-stream digital
format comprises a 1-bit system that has a digital
sampling frequency that is 64 times higher than that of
conventional audio CD. The results are spectacular: a
frequency response of over 50k Hz and a 120 dB
dynamic range over the entire audible spectrum. Mixed
with as many of the original frequencies as possible, the
audio information audible for human ears sounds much
more natural.
All audible frequencies are, after all, embedded in the
frequency range as emitted by the sound source. A
better reproduction does not exist! For the first time
your ears will relive reality.

The next standard: hybrid disc

The Super Audio CD is the evolution of the CD that
provides ultra-high-quality sound. Additional features,
including multi-channel, can be offered. On the high
density (HD) Super Audio CD you may have access to
separate areas, containing two-channel stereo and multi-
channel.
But that is not all! The hybrid version of the SACD
guarantees backward compatibility with the installed base
of CD and DVD players. In addition to the HD layer, the
hybrid disc contains a standard density CD layer with
conventional two-channel stereo CD audio information.
The two layers are read from the same side of the disc.
The HD layer is read by an DVD laser. The bottom
reflective layer with conventional CD sound is read by
the CD laser through the second, semi-transmissive HD
layer.
SACD Disc Types
Single-layer Disc
HD layer HD layer
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Dual-layer Disc Hybrid-layer Disc
CD layer HD layer

SACD 1000: reality in sound...

and vision
The SACD 1000 will not only surprise you with its
superior reproduction of almost all existing audio
formats. Connected to your TV, your SACD 1000
presents VCD and DVD video information as perfect
digital studio-quality images with truly 3-dimensional
digital multi-channel audio. Story sequences can be
screened from your own choice of camera angle. You
can break down language barriers with sound tracks in
as many as eight languages, plus - if available on disc - as
many as 16 subtitling languages. Video becomes a new
experience. That makes the SACD 1000 an essential
component in a state-of-the-art audio-video system.
Super Audio CD
You will recognize Super Audio CDs
by the logo. There are three types of
Super Audio CDs: single-layer, dual-
layer and hybrid discs. Each type may
contain two areas of recorded information: a High
Quality Stereo area and a High Quality Multi-channel
area.
- The single layer disc may contain both information
areas.
- The dual layer disc may contain both information areas
but a double amount of information can be stored on
the disc thanks to the second layer.
- The hybrid disc may contain not only both information
areas but also a second, standard CD layer, making it
playable on standard CD players.
Recorded information may vary per area. This is
indicated in the disc inlay. Areas can be selected
separately before or during playback. When playing
Super Audio CDs, the player can be operated via the
keys on the player front and the remote control or via
the On-Screen Display on your TV.
1 CD layer that plays on any
of your existing CD players
High-Density layer containing:
2 - High-Quality DSD Stereo
3 - High-Quality DSD Multi-channel