CD quality
44.1 kilohertz audio
CD quality describes audio that meets the technical standard of compact discs: 16-bit depth at a 44.1 kHz sampling rate.
The term serves as a benchmark for digital audio fidelity, often used in marketing to signal clarity and richness: The streaming service offers CD quality sound.
Whether CD quality represents "good enough" or falls short of high-resolution formats remains a point of debate among audiophiles.
- 16-bitComputing word length
- bit depthBits per sample value
- sample rateCaptures per time unit
- stereoTwo-channel audio system
- digitalOf discrete data
digital audio · audio · sampling · bitrate · WAV · ripping · burning · jewel case · album art · disc · track · album · fidelity · audio fidelity · crisp · clarity · uncompressed · dynamic range
CD qualitylo-fi
Imperfect audio quality, informally
low fidelity · mono · high-resolution audio · lossless · tinny
CD qualityanalog sound
Non-digital audio waves
analog · vinyl · warm sound · warm · rich
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