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In Reply to: Whatever happened to HDCD? (nt) posted by mkuller on October 27, 2016 at 10:51:55:
Microsoft killed it (aquired the tech to make a 'better' file compression format (vs apples compression format and mp3 etc).
True, when WMA used this feature, at 64kbits per second it was nearly twice the sound quality of the market equivalents (at the time), but due to diminishing returns, the increase was ameliorated at higher bitrates (@320kbits there wasn't much in it).
What we DID get?
a light saying HDCD that would come on in media player.
Microsoft didn't want the feature to exist in the open and to benefit the market; no markets continued to use it and 'software' (audio CDs etc) dried up.
To use the feature in media player a user would have to dig deep into the options menu and 'enable' a high quality formats tickbox.
I loved HDCD (owning various Rotel and Parasound products that supported it, and bought a LOT of media used the feature), and have seldom turned the feature on in Windows being archaic and silly to HAVE to.. (and no real benefit for Audio from my PC; when the high qual stereo is in the family room... / yes, using a $500 sound card)...
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