> I'm no expert, but if you think of PCM as taking 'snapshots' of a
> given volume level once every 1/44,100th of a second, so each 16 bit
> 'word' relates to a specific volume frequency. In 1 bit recording, the
> 'bit' is recording only whether the volume has gone up or down
> relating to the previous bit. Which wouldn't do much good at 44,1000
> samples per second, but at the 2.8 Mhz sample rate that it's recorded
> at, can produce fidelity that supposedly surpasses PCM, and supposedly
> gets closer to the amount of 'information' analog can store.
It's just another way of doing the same thing. Claims of superior
quality were based on Sony's attempts to sell an alternative system
that required buying Sony equipment.
> SACD was a 1-bit format, supposed to sound amazing, but never caught
> on.
Because it wasn't audibly superior, only hyped. Still has some action
in audiophile circles.
-Dan Dugan
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