Pacific Microsonics Opens Internet HDCD Music Store.UNION CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1999-- Pacific Microsonics, Inc. announced the opening of the HDCD (High Definition Compatible Digital) A digital processing technique that increases fidelity on audio CDs, developed by Keith Johnson and Michael "Pflash" Pflaumer. Music Store, www.hdcd.com, the most comprehensive e-commerce site for buying CDs made with Pacific Microsonics' high resolution HDCD encoding technology. HDCD encoded CDs are compatible with all CD players and produce 20-bits of real musical information, as compared to 16-bits for conventional CDs, when played on a CD or DVD player equipped with HDCD decoding and HDCD filtering. The HDCD Music Store combines Pacific Microsonics extensive list of HDCD CDs with additional album information, audio samples, and fulfillment services provided by the Amazon.com and CDNow affiliate programs. HDCD CDs in the HDCD Music Store are linked directly to their specific page in Amazon.com and CDNow. Shoppers browsing the HDCD Music Store can click on any linked title to see its CD cover, track listings, liner notes, and listen to audio samples. To purchase an HDCD CD, the shopper adds it to their Amazon.com or CDNow shopping cart. "The adoption of HDCD by leading audio companies such as Denon, Harman Kardon, Kenwood, and Toshiba has created a large and rapidly growing installed base of consumers with HDCD players. These consumers love the amazing sound produced by HDCD CDs and are eager to add new HDCD CDs to their collections," said Andy Johnson, Vice President of Marketing for Pacific Microsonics. "The value-added of the HDCD Music Store is that it provides consumers with an easy to use, one-stop shopping site for browsing and buying HDCD CDs as well as learning about new HDCD releases." The HDCD Music store contains over 1,500 HDCD CDs from over 250 record labels, including many from BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass , EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. , Sony, Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., and Universal. Over 180 Billboard Top 200 hits are available from artists such as Jewel, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Natalie Merchant, Garth Brooks, Joni Mitchell, Paula Cole, 311, The Dixie Chicks, and Green Day. A number of top selling movie CD soundtracks are also available, including Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged shag 1 n. 1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair. 2. a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth. b. Cloth having such a nap. 3. A rug with a thick rough pile. Me, City of Angels, and Tarzan. The HDCD Music Store provides the ability to search for HDCD titles by artist name and album title, and browse by musical genre. The store also has a new release section featuring HDCD CDs released in the current month. About Pacific Microsonics and HDCD Developed by Pacific Microsonics, HDCD(R) (High Definition Compatible Digital High Definition Compatible Digital, or HDCD is a patented encode-decode process, now under Microsoft, that improves the audio quality of standard Redbook audio CDs, while retaining backward compatibility with existing Compact disc players. (R)) is a patented process for delivering on Compact Disc and DVD-audio the full richness and details of the original microphone feed. By correcting distortions found in current digital recording technology, HDCD provides more dynamic range, a focused 3D sound stage, and extremely natural musical timbre timbre Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument, voice, or other sound source from another. Timbre largely results from a characteristic combination of overtones produced by different instruments. . HDCD recordings offer improved sound quality on any CD or DVD player, and when reproduced on HDCD equipped players they provide the ultimate in sonic fidelity. Over 100 HDCD-equipped CD and DVD players are now available from the world's leading consumer electronics companies including Denon, Harman Kardon, Kenwood, Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] , Madrigal madrigal, name for two different forms of Italian music, one related to the poetic madrigal in the 14th cent., the other the most common form of secular vocal music in the 16th cent. , Rotel, Sansui, and Toshiba. |
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