CD Player Sound Quality Enhancement Technology: What are High Bits and High Sampling?
However, CD players have various technologies to improve the sound depending on the manufacturer.
Like Denon’s AL24 processing and Pioneer’s legato link conversion. Even if the name is different for each manufacturer, it basically reproduces the subtle nuances and quirky atmosphere of the original analog audio that was cut on CD using extended technology like high bit and high sample. It’s just a device in CD format, but when you ask it, it certainly feels clear and the amount of information has increased.
So what kind of processing are you doing?
The left side of the figure is a normal CD format. The horizontal axis is incremented by fs = 44.1 kHz and the sample data is read with 16-bit precision. This is as explained above and unless there is special processing on the player side it will play as is with CD audio.
But the figure on the right is different. This is an image of the AL24 example, and the bits are expanded from the usual 16-bit to 24-bit using a dedicated chip. So a simple calculation can express a fine sound that is 2 to the eighth power, that is, 256 times. It seems that the upper and lower bits are moved and advanced things are done, but due to such bit expansion and high sampling (extending the high frequency range) like 4fs and 8fs in the direction of the horizontal axis, the squares are much smaller . Even if it is a CD, you can enjoy high-quality sound that surpasses that of a CD.
