SACD
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SACD (plural SACDs)
Initialism of Super Audio CD., an optical disc, similar to a DVD, typically one holding a commercially-recorded music album.
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After its premiere, it was recorded in studio and released onto SACD on October 3, 2006.
At around the same time Virgin released an SACD version containing both the original stereo album and the 1975 quadraphonic mix by Phil Newell.
A hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) version of the album was released by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab in 2014.
Super Audio CD main Super Audio CD (SACD) is a high-resolution read-only optical audio disc format that was designed to provide higher fidelity digital audio reproduction than the Red Book.
High resolution 24-bit/48 kHz 5.1 Surround sound and stereo versions of The Downward Spiral can be played on a DVD-Audio player, allowing the user a similar high fidelity experience as the SACD layer of the Deluxe Edition.
The second bonus disc is a collection of remixes and b-sides and also includes a stereo SACD layer in addition to the Redbook CD layer.