What I heard is that HDCD uses some "reserved" checksum and other data fields for storing an additional audio info. Does anyone knows for sure that a standart CD-ROM can really read those fields as data?
Dmitrydr - All the HDCD's I have burned to a standard CD-R as well as those same files burned to my hard drive DO activate the HDCD indicator on my DAC which otherwise remains dimmed if streaming 16-bit data.
I've been told also that XRCD's can be duplicated by conventional means, but have no way of confirming that.....anyone?
Thanks Marco, good to know. As for XRCD - it's a standard 16-bit CD, the term XRCD is about JVC's especially refined mastering process, not the format.
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