Fraunhofer Pimps New HD-AAC Format
Fraunhofer IIS is pimping its “new” HD-AAC format bigtime at CES. Fraunhofer claims the compressed HD-AAC digital music encoding format is sonically superior to 16bit/44.1kHz audio CDs. HD-AAC is based on the MPEG-4 SLS (Scalable to Lossless) standard, an extension to the MPEG-4 audio standard jointly developed by Fraunhofer and Infocomm Research. The concerns assert that the HD-AAC encoding process preserves every bit of...
Goldmund Announces T8 Software-Controlled Tone Arm
In the land of insanely priced audio products, it’s hard to eclipse the Goldmund Reference II. Coming in at $300,000, without a tone arm, the Reference II is in a price class by itself. Well that Swiss made “luxury audio” product is set to get hitched to the new T8 software-controlled tone arm. Goldmund recently announced the T8, but gave no specifics on pricing or availability, which is a good thing if you’re...
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