Can someone explain the differant CD formats?


I was looking on the Acoustic Sounds website, and many jazz CDs are listed as: CD, DTS CD, Gold CD, HDCD CD, XRCD CD, etc. I would like to purchase some of them, but are they compatible with my inexpensive Cambridge 540C V2 player?
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Showing 1 response by rlwainwright

DTS Cds *require* a DTS decoder somewhere in the output stream. I do not know of ANY CD-only players that have this capability. Almost all DVD players incorporate a DTS decoder. So, if you want to playback DTS CDs, you need either a DTS-capable DVD player or a CD player connected to a DTS decoder, usually found in most pre-processors and AV receivers.

The really cool part about DTS CDs is that they are multi-channel capable. I just bought a terrifically good Telarc DTS CD by Junior Wells, "Come n In This House". If you have a surround sound system, you MUST hear this title, it sounds fabulous.

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