Le SACD ou Super Audio CD à été developpé par Sony / Philips et à été lancé sur le marché en mars 99 par Sony.

Ce support possede des caracteristiques proches du DVD Audio qui est d'ailleurs son concurrent.

Qui resortira vainqueur de la bataille, probablement celui qui aura le plus de titres sur le marché . . .

Carateristiques:
2822 Khz / 1 bit (DSD (Direct Stream Digital) basé sur PWM (Pulse Width Modulation))
 Le PWM est basé sur un relevé de tension du signal analogique à tres haute fréquence (2822 Khz), ce qui evite les interpolations de la technologie CD ou DVD / DVD Audio
capacité 4.7Go et 8.5 Go
dynamique: 120db
bande passante: 100 Khz.

Les premiers SACD ainsi que les lecteurs etaient en 2.0, les SACD en 5.1 apparaissent mi 2001 et utilisent le systeme de compression non destructeur DST.
Pour les SACD multicanaux, compression non destrcuteur DST (Direct Stream Transfert) tout comme le MLP des DVD A.
A noter que les SACD ont obligatoirement une piste DSD 2.0, et que les piste DSD 2.0 et 5.1 sont physiquement dissociées sur la galette, il se peut dont que la piste 2.0 soit de meilleure qualité que la piste 5.1 et inversement.

Pour les SACD hybrid:
Il existe une couche CD qui est lisible sur un lecteur CD standart.

Liste des SACD disponibles sur le marché (Aout 2001):
 

• Aaron Copland/ L.S.D. - Appalachian Spring; Billy The Kid; Rodeo
• Aerosmith - Just Push Play
• Akiko Yano - Home Girl Journey
• Akira Inoue/Masataka Matsutoya/Hiroshi Sato - Seaside Lovers-Memories
• Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
• Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, & Paco de Lucia Friday Night In San Francisco
• Arcadi Volodos, James Levine/ Berlin P.O. - Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3; Solo Piano Works
• Babyface - The Day
• Bangles - Greatest Hits
• Barbra Streisand - Live
• Esa-Pekka Salonen/ Los Angeles P.O. - Bernard Herrman: The Film Scores
• Billie Holiday - Lady In Satin
• Billy Joel - 52nd Street
• Billy Joel - The Stranger
• Bird - Bird
• Blood, Sweat And Tears - Blood, Sweat And Tears
• Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
• Boston - Boston
• Bruno Walter/ N.Y.P.O. + Columbia S.O. - Beethoven: Symphony No.5; Schubert: Symphony No.8 "Unfinished"
• Bruno Walter/ Columbia S.O. - Beethoven: Symphony No.6 "Pastorale"
• Bruno Walter/ Columbia S.O. - Brahms: Symphony No.4
• Bruno Walter/ Columbia S.O. - Mozart: Symphony No.38 "Prague" & Symphony No.40
• Carole King - Tapestry
• The Three Tenors - The Three Tenors Christmas
• Celine Dion - All The Way...A Decade Of Song
• Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
• Charlotte Church   - Charlotte Church
• Charlotte Church   - Dream A Dream
• Charlotte Church   - Voice Of An Angel
• Clementine - Continent Bleu
• Cyndi Lauper   - She's So Unusual
• Dai Kimura - Shunme
• Dai Kimura - The Cadenza 17
• Daishin Kashimoto        - Daishin Debut
• Dave Brubeck - Dave Digs Disney
• Dave Brubeck - Time Out
• Deep Forest III - Comparsa
• Duke Ellington - First Time! (Meets Count Basie)
• Duke Ellington - Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown
• Earth, Wind & Fire - All'n All
• Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra - Orff: Carmina Burana
• Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra - Verdi: Requiem
• Eugene Pao - This Window
• Fumiaki Miyamoto - Hommage Au Blue
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Overtures
• George Szell - Berlioz Johann Strauss: Waltzes "On The Beautiful Blue"
• George Szell - Danube "Op. 314…
• George Szell - Dovorak: Symphony No. 7 "Carnival" Overture Smetana
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra - Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 In G Major, Op.88 + No .9 "From The New World"
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra - Dvorak: Slavonic Dances
• George Szell - Grieg, Bizet & Mussorgsky
• George Szell - Live In Tokyo 1970
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 Midsummer Night's Dream
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra - Mozart: Symphonies No. 39 & 40 Exsultate, Jubilate
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra Overtures By Rossini, Auber, Berlioz
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra Schubert: Symphony No. 9 "The Great"; Incidental Music To Rosamunde
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra Strauss: Waltzes
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra R.Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, Don Juan...
• George Szell/ Cleveland Orchestra Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts "Ring Of The Nibelungs"
• Georges Arvanitas - Rencontre
• Glenn Gould - Bach: The Two And Three Part Inventions
• Glenn Gould - Bach: "Italian" Concerto, Partitas No.1&2
• Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations
• Gloria Estefan - Alma Caribena
• Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits
• Grover Washington, Jr. Prime Cuts - The Columbia Years: 1987-1999
• Hans Hotter - Schubert: Die Winter Reise
• Harry Connick, Jr. - We Are In Love
• Herbie Hancock - Future Shock
• Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
• Herbie Hancock And Chick Corea - An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea In Concert
• Hiroko Nakamura - Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No.21 & 23
• Hiroko Nakamura - Chopin & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos
• Igor Stravinsky/ Columbia S.O. Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite & The Rite Of Spring
• Isaac Stern/ Eugene Ormandy/
• Philadelphia Orchestra - Mendelsshon & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
• Isaac Stern/ David Oistrakh/Eugene Ormandy - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Four Concerti
• Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
• James Horner - Titanic: Music From The Motion Picture
• Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
• Jennifer Lopez - On The 6
• Joe Satriani - Engines Of Creation
• John Barry - Dances With Wolves
• John Denver - The Best Of John Denver Live
• Jos Van Immerseel - Beethoven: Symphonies No.5 & No.6 "Pastorale"
• Journey - Escape
• Kandi - Hey Kandi…
• Kazumasa Akiyama/ Kenji Ohmura/ Shigeru Suziki/Kazuo Takeda - New York
• Kazune Shimizu - Un Sospiro ~ Kazune Shimizu / Etudes
• Keb' Mo' - The Door
• Keiko Lee - A Letter From Rome
• Keiko Lee - Beautiful Love
• Keiko Lee - Day Dreaming
• Keiko Lee - If It's Love
• Keiko Lee - Keiko Lee Live 1999
• Kenny Loggins - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, The Greatest Hits Of Kenny Loggins
• Kodo - Tsutsumi
• Kodo - Warabe
• Lee Konitz - Dig Dug Dog
• Leonard Bernstein/ N.Y.P.O. Overture To Candide, Fancy Free, …
• Leonard Bernstein/ N.Y.P.O. + Columbia S.O. - Rhapsody In Blue, An American In Paris
• Leonard Bernstein/ N.Y.P.O. Dvorak: Symphony No.9 "From The New World"
• Leonard Bernstein/ N.Y.P.O. Mahler: Symphony No.1 "Titan"
• Louis Armstrong - Ambassador Satch
• Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats
• Louis Armstrong - Plays W.C. Handy
• Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
• M. Sasaji & L.A. Allstars - Birdland
• Macy Gray - On How Life Is
• Mariah Carey - # 1's
• Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love
• Masayuki Suzuki - Mediumslow
• Maxwell - Now
• Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
• Michael Jackson Thriller
• Michie Koyama - Chopin: Preludes, Piano Sonata No.2 etc.
• Michie Koyama   - Fantasie
• Michiko Takahashi - Prelude To 21st Century
• Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson
• Miles Davis - Big Fun
• Miles Davis - Black Beauty
• Miles Davis - Dark Magus
• Miles Davis - E.S.P.
• Miles Davis - Four And More
• Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
• Miles Davis - Jazz At The Plaza
• Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
• Miles Davis - Live At The Plaza
• Miles Davis - Live-Evil
• Miles Davis - Miles Ahead
• Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
• Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine
• Miles Davis - Nefertiti
• Miles Davis - On The Corner
• Miles Davis - Porgy And Bess
• Miles Davis - Quiet Nights
• Miles Davis - Round About Midnight
• Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
• Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come
• Miles Davis - The Man With The Horn   • Miles Davis - You're Under Arrest
• Mito Chamber Orchestra - Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto In D Major
• Murray Perahia - Bach: Goldberg Variations
• Murray Perahia/ English Chamber Orchestra - Mozart: Piano Concertos No.20 & No.27
• Nanae Mimura - Marimba Spiritual
• NiNa - NiNa
• Oasis - New Album
• Ornette Coleman - Skies Of America
• Paul Bley - Echo
• Pazz - Bananafish
• Philadelphia/ Cleveland/Chicago Brass Ensembles - The Antiphonal Music Of Gabrieli
• Pierre Boulez/ N.Y.P.O. + Camerata Singers - Boulez Conducts Ravel
• Pierre Boulez/ N.Y.P.O. Handel: Water Music & Royal Fireworks Music
• Pierre Boulez - Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps Of Stravinsky
• Puffy - Fever Fever
• Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
• Richie Beirach - Ballads
• Ricky Martin - Sound Loaded
• Ryota Komatsu - Verano Porteno
• Sadao Watanabe - How's Everything
• Sadao Watanabe  - Orange Express
• Santana - Abraxas
• Santana - Caravanserai
• Seiji Ozawa - Mahler: Symphony No.2 In C Minor "Resurrection"
• Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand The Weather
• Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble Texas Flood
• Tatsuya Yabe - Zigeunerweisen
• Teiko Maebashi - Romance At Andalusia
• Terumasa Hino - Trans Blue
• Terumasa Hino - Transfusion
• The Byrds - Greatest Hits
• The Manhatten Transfer - The Christmas Album
• The Offspring - Conspiracy Of One
• The Players - Galaxy
• The Players - Wonderful Guys
• Thelonious Monk  - Solo Monk
• Thelonious Monk  - Straight, No Chaser
• Three Degrees - The Best Of Three Degrees
• Toku - Bewitching
• Toku - Everything She Said
• Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra - New Band Music '99
• Tony Bennett - The Ultimate Tony Bennett
• Tony Bennett - MTV Unplugged
• Tony Williams Trio - Young At Heart
• Toshinobu Kubota - As One
• Toto - Hydra
• Toto - Toto IV
• Tower Of Power - Soul Vaccination: Tower Of Power Live
• T-Square - Sweet & Gentle
• T-Square - Truth
• T-Square - T-Square
• T-Square - Yes, No
•Various Artists - Footloose
•Various Artists - Top Gun
• VH1 - Divas Live
• Vladimir Horowitz - Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Liszt
• Wave - Surf Break From Jamaica
• Wayne Shorter - Native Dancer
• Weather Report - Black Market
• Weather Report - Heavy Weather
• Wham! - Make It Big
• Willie Nelson - Stardust
• Wynton Marsalis/ English Chamber Orchestra - The London Concert: Haydn, Hummel, Mozart, Fasch
• Wynton Marsalis - Hot House Flowers
• Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time - Volume1
• Yoshiro Nakamura - Simples
• Yo-Yo Ma - Appalachian Waltz 2
• Yo-Yo Ma - Solo
• Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor - Appalachian Journey
• Yuji Toriyama - Transfusion
• Yukio Yokoyama - Cher Chopin
• Zebrahead - Playmate Of The Year
• Chie Ayado - Life
• Chie Ayado - Love
• Acoustic Café - For Your Loneliness
• Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5
• Ancient Consort Praha - Beethoven: Symphonies No.5 & No.8
• Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo  Beethoven: Symphonies No.8 & No.1
• Tokyo Mozart Players - Beethoven: Symphony No.6
• Vladimir Ashkenazy - Chopin: PianoSonatas No.3 & No.2 & Fantasie
• Masayoshi Takanaka - Hunpluged
• Stereo Sound Reference SACD Vol.1 Classic Tomoyoshi Ezaki Recordings
• Stereo Sound Reference SACD Vol.2 - Dream Dancing / Eiji Kitamura
• Kouichi Sugiyama / The London Philharmonic Dragon Quest
• Barney Wilen Quartet - New York Romance
• Archie Shepp Quartet - True Ballads
• Eddie Higgins Trio - Don’t Smoke In Bed
• Steve Kuhn Trio - Quiereme Mucho
• Richie Beirach Trio - What Is This Thing Called Love?
• Marlene - What's New?
• Kei Akagi Trio - Viewpoint
• Harry Hypolite - Louisiana Country Boy
• Jimmie Lee Robinson - All My Life
• David Honeyboy Edwards Shake 'Em On Down
• Nancy Bryan - Neon Angel
• Nighthawks At The Diner Walkin' On Eggs
• UMO + Kenny Wheeler - One More Time
• Mabel Gonzales - La Noche Del Rio De La Plata
• Jim Ferguson - Deep Summer Music
• Terry Evans - Puttin' It Down
• Doug MacLeod Unmarked Road
• Joe Beard - For Real
• Various Artists - BluesQuest
• Mighty Sam McClain - Soul Survivor
• Doug MacLeod - Whose Truth, Whose Lies
• Joe Beard - Dealin'
• Bruce Katz Band - Three Feet Off The Ground
• Terry Evans - Mississippi Magic
• Kazuo Yashiro - Side By Side 2
• Friedemann - Beauty And Mystery Of Touch
• Christian Lindberg/ Tadaaki Otaka/ Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo - Takemitsu: How Slow The Wind
• Misha Mengelberg - Solo
• Hein Van De Geyn - Woodwind Works
• Paul Bollenback - Double Vision
• Enrico Pieranunzi Trio - Infant Eyes
• Enrico Pieranunzi Trio Improvised Forms For Trio
• Eric Vloeimans - Umai
• Pieter Wispelwey/ Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Tchsaikovsky/ Saint-Saens/ Bruch (multi-channel)
• Various Artists - An Introduction To SACD
• Rebecca Pidgeon - The Raven
• McCoy Tyner Quartet - New York Reunion
• Carla Lother - Ephemera
• Paquito D'Rivera - Tropicana Nights
• Spitball - Pop Condition
• Andrew Litton & Dallas Sympony Orchestra - Mahler: Symphony#2 "Resurrection"
• Constantine Orbelian/ Moscow Chamber Orchestra - Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op.110a (multi-channel);
• Schnitte: Concert For Piano And Strings
• Andrew Litton/Dallas Symphony - Dallas Christmas Gala (multi-channel)
• Akira Miyagawa & Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra ~Bagatelle "Fur Elise" WoO.59 (L.V.Beethoven)~
• Toru Takemitsu - Spectral Canticle
• Various Artists - DMP Does DSD
• Carlos Franzetti/ Stockholm Jazz Orchestra - Tango
• The Steve Davis Project - Quality Of Silence
• Manfredo Fest - Just Jobim
• Joe Beck and Ali Ryerson - Alto
• Jay Leonhart - Salamander Pie
• Flim & The BB's - Tricycle
• Gaudeamus - Sacred Feast (multi-channel)
• Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble - Far More Drums (multi-channel)
• Vivino Brothers - Blues Band (multi-channel)
• Bob Mintzer Big Band - Homage To Count Basie (multi-channel)
• Dana Winner - Licht En Liefde
• Sarah - Starlite Diner
• Walter Susskind/ London Symphony Orchestra - Copland: Appalachian Spring/ Gould: Spirituals
• Various Artists - Audiophile Reference IV
• Linda Rosenthal - Oh! That Stradivarious
• Ayako Hosokawa - I Touch The Stars
• Min Hui Fen Guzheng - River Of Sorrow
• Jay McShann What A Wonderful World
• Jacintha - Autumn Leaves
• Jacintha - Here's To Ben
• Miku - Rojyou No Hana
• Luqman Hamza - With This Voice
• Herbie Mann - Sona Terra - EasternEuropean Roots
• Robert King/ King's Consort/ Choice Of The King's Consort - Boccherini: Stabat Mater; d'Astorga: Stabat Mater
• Florestan Trio - Piano Trios
• Kagermann - Delicious Fruit
• Blues Company - Blues, Ballads & Assorted Love Songs
• Hue & Cry - Next Move
• Tommy Smith - Blue Smith
• Claire Martin - Take My Heart
• Tommy Smith - The Sound Of Love
• Gerard Presencer - Platypus
• Perfect Houseplants - New Folk Songs
• Gerard Presencer - The Optimist
• Barb Jungr - The Space In Between
• Palladian Ensemble - Held By The Ears
• Claire Martin - Perfect Alibi
• Jean-Claude Pennetier/Monte-Carlo Philharmonic - Beethoven: Piano Concertos No.1 & 3
• Caroline Sageman - Chopin: Sonate Op. 35 & Scherzos
• Florent Héau & Patrick Zygmanowski - Musique Française Pour Clarinette Et Piano
• Ulli Bogershausen - Personal Favourites
• Duke Ellington - Blues In Orbit
• Jos van Immerseel - Hans Ruckers: The Musical Legacy
• Various Artists - West 8th Street vol. 2
• The Erik Westberg Vocal Ensemble Musica Sacra
• Benny Waters - "Live At The Pawnshop"
• Various Artists - Showcase
• Eric Bibb - Just Like Love
• Cyndee Peters & Eric Bibb - A Collection Of Cyndee Peters & Eric Bibb
• Various Artists - Live Recordings At Red Rose Music
• Seigen Ono - Maria and Maria (multi-channel)
• Klaus Hoffmann - Hoffmann Berlin
• Klaus Hoffmann - Mein Weg
• Robert Shaw/ The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - Stravinsky: The Firebird
• Lorin Maazel/ The Cleveland Orchestra Moussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
• Robert Shaw/ The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus - Orff: Carmina Burana
• Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - On Broadway
• Jesus Lopez-Cobos/ Cincinnati Symphony Music Of Paul Dukas
• Rudolf Werthen/ I Fiamminghi Tango
• Yolanda Kondonassis - Music Of Hovhaness
• Dave Brubeck - The 40th Anniversary Tour Of The U.K.
• Oscar Peterson/ Ray Brown/Milt Jackson - The Very Tall Band: Live At The Blue Note
• Monty Alexander - Stir It Up
• Mighty Sam McClain - Blues For The Soul
• McCoy Tyner - With Stanley Clarke & Al Foster
• John Pizzarelli - Kisses In The Rain
• Freddy Cole - Merry-Go-Round
• Various Artists - SACD Sampler
• Erich Kunzel/ Cincinatti Pops Orchestra Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture and other works (multi-channel)
• Jerry Goldsmith/ LSO - The Film Music Of Jerry Goldsmith (multi-channel)
• Ayako Hosokawa -
• Maarten Ornstein & W.A.R.P. Music Ensemble - Maarten Ornstein & W.A.R.P. Music Ensemble
• Tony Overwater - Op
• Sjako! - Page
• Maurice Abravanel/ Utah S.O. Gottschalk: A Night In The Tropics; Gould: Latin American Symphonette
• Leopold Stokowski/ The Symphony Of The Air - Thomson: The River; The Flow That Broke The Plains
• Netania Davrath - Songs Of The Auvergne
• Manitas De Plata - Guitarra Flamenco
• Chris Whitley - Perfect Day
• Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (multi-channel)
• The Peter Cater Big Band - Upswing (multi-channel)
• Jon Hassell Fascinoma
• Wolfgang Sawallisch/Philadelphia Orchestra - Nature's Realm