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• n  the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion

• hi-fi

News & Articles

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• Editorial: High Fidelity Pure Audio starting a noble but losing battle
  The announcement is wrapped in an aura of déjà vu: Universal Music Group is marketing an uncompressed, high-end digital audio format for Blu-ray called High Fidelity Pure Audio (HFPA). Where standard CD audio is 44.1KHz at 16 bits, HFPA's A2D sampling rate clocks in at a sky-high 96KHz at 24 bits. Analog elitists will maintain that even extremely refined sampling is inherently inferior to ...
  July 4, 2013 - Engadget
• The High Fidelity Pure Audio Disc: The Stillborn Format
  Universal Music Group recently did a low key introduction of a new hi-res audio format called High Fidelity Pure Audio. The launch was kicked off at the Dolby headquarters in London on June 20th and the format became available in France first, which seemed like a great place to dip the product’s toe in the water without having picky audio journalists noticing.
  July 2, 2013 - Forbes