Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 12:40:32 AM CET
New discs: Unfriendly but better sound
Two new digital audio disc formats touted by the music industry for their stellar sound are nowhere near as consumer-friendly as regular old CDs.
They're engineered to be copy-proof.
The proposition thrills digital piracy-fearing record executives. But many audiophiles are cool to the virtual padlocks, which could prove the undoing of one or both formats.
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