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Why HDCD did not become a dominant format?

I've been listening to Reference Recordings 30th Anniversary Sampler while evaluating a Sony NS 9100ES and it was so obvious the HDCD decoding through my modest older Toshiba SD 9200 was "vastly" superior to the new Sony playback. I just don't understand why HDCD did not become the new standard as the musical quality is much enhanced. What happened?
psacanli
mrpresident
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What is the answer to 99 questions out of 100? Money. From the movie "Vanilla Sky".
regalma1
72 posts
 
I kind of looked into HDCD early on, but every review I read of it said it sounded worse than standard CD. Kind of put me off.
undertow
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Are XRCD's Still produced, manufactured?
psacanli OP
535 posts
 
Mrpresident, that's a big blanket.
david12
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Undertow, XRCD's are certainly still available new, the problem is that they include a lot of Japanese artists you have never heard of. I buy my odd XRCD purchases from a guy in Honk kong I believe, who sells on E bay as internationalrecords. Trouble is the prices are very good in £'s, not so good in $'s.
I have to say, I have always enjoyed the sound quality of the HDCD's I have and Reference Recordings have always been the label I have soought out.
I am sure it has been set out as a thread in the music section, but I would be interested in what are your favourite labels for CD's. I think mine would be Reference Recordings, Fone, Stockfisch and Sheffield labs.
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