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Is HDCD dead?

I'm looking at players on this site and hardly none of them seem to encode "HDCD".Is this used in some of the newer players yet?In the past the cd's that had the HDCD label on them all sounded better than regular redbook cd's.Why are'nt more players using this technology.Does anyone have a list of players that use HDCD encoding?
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johnmcalpin
58 posts
 
I want it and don't have it on my current player, the EMC-1UP SE.

I have hundreds of HDCD discs and since the Grateful Dead uses it for all releases, it makes sense for me to have it. My next player must have it.

The supposed next generation universal player from Electrocompaniet will have HDCD which makes me happy.
perfectionist
197 posts
 
Naim players do HDCD...
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pehare
835 posts
 
no but alot of the DEAD are on HDCD.....Cary = HDCD
ludimagis
130 posts
 
The 15 or so that I have all sound better than standard rb
on any of the non HDCD players that I have had. To me they are similar to a remastered rb.
I think all cd will go the way of cassette; eventually.
hack
185 posts
 
Shanling supports HDCD and I do prefer it to "normal" redbook or upsampled digital music.
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