CD text: Displays disc and track title on the
display of the CD player when suitable discs are played.
CDR: Compact Disc Recordable. A type of CD that you
can make yourself at home. Can be recorded on only once.
CDRW: Compact Disc Rewriteable. A type of CD that
you can make yourself at home. Can be rerecorded on over and over.
Coaxial output: A digital output found on many
CD players. Connect it to the coaxial input on a MiniDisc or other digital
recorder for high quality recordings, or to an external DAC for improved sound.
Control A1: A socket which
enables hifi components to be daisy chained and controlled via one system remote
control.
DAC: Digital to Analogue Converter. The system
employed to convert digital data (1s and 0s) stored on the disc, into analogue format.
Editing: A number of editing enhancements exist
on CD players to make disc play more friendly. These include:
Intro scan: Plays the first few seconds of each track in turn
Peak level search: Finds the loudest passage on a disc to enable you to set
the record levels of your recorder correctly.
Programme: Enables you to select the tracks you want to hear and the order
you wish to hear them in.
Random: Juggles the order of the tracks around.
Repeat: All - plays the whole disc through over and over, A-B - plays a
highlighted section of a disc over and over.
HDCD: High Definition
Compatible Digital. A further
enhancement of the CD format, HDCD enables a higher resolution to be
stored on a normal compact disc. When played in a compatible CD player, HDCD
recordings sound cleaner, have a greater dynamic range and deliver a more
impressive frequency response. There are 1000s of titles available.
HDCD recordings will play perfectly well on normal CD players, but you gain
the performance benefits by loading them into an HDCD compatible player.
MP3: A compression
technology commonly used by computer owners to store large numbers of sound
files in a small space. MP3 files can be burnt onto a CD and played in a
compatible CD player. It is possible to burn 700MB of MP3 files onto a single
CD - this can equate to hundreds of music tracks on a single disc.
Optical output: A digital output found on many
CD players. Connect it to the optical input on a MiniDisc or other digital
recorder for high quality recordings, or to an external DAC for improved sound.
Pitch control: Allows you to
adjust the speed of a disc's playback.
SACD: Super Audio Compact
Disc: Super Audio CD delivers greater resolution and dynamic range compared with
standard CD.
To see the latest selection of SACD titles, click
here.