Klarinet Archive - Posting 000037.txt from 2003/09

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: RE: [kl] Hybrid CD (long, technical answer)
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 02:11:28 -0400

Benjamin Maas wrote:

> Hybrid does usually (but not always) refer to a
> dual-layer CD with a SACD and a regular
> (red book) CD layer.

I'm struggling with the basic ideas. Does "dual layer" mean two
different dyes, and each dye responds to a different wavelength of
light, and therefore a CD player can isolate and 'read' one layer or the
other, depending on the wavelength of its own light source?

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