WMA - Windows Media Audio - 24 bit 96Khz
multi-channel sound.
AAC - APPLE Advanced Audio Codec - audio
standard for
MPEG-4.
Apple iTunes AAC encoder is currently the leader in AAC codec quality having
won recent
AAC
listening tests.
DVD Audio - nice introduction to DVD-Audio (24
bit 96 Khz) & a comparison with SACD, includes links to more DVD-Audio
resources.
SACD - high resolution multi channel
audio format from Sony.
HDCD
- HDCD encodes 20 bits of audio data compared to the normal 16 bit CD
format.
DTS
- Digital Theatre Sound (20 bit audio) is the high end sound format
found on lots of top movies.
Dolby
- Dolby Audio (18 bit
format) is an almost universal format for surround sound & movie
applications.
WinAmp
- very popular MP3 player
for PCs.
Musicmatch
Jukebox
- play music, listen to
online radio, burn CD's & manage your audio files with this top music
player. Site in six languages.
RIM 456 - resources & links to multichannel
sound formats, DTS, Dolby, THX, SACD vs DVD-A, digital audio & more.
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