May Meeting Notice

May 2000 Meeting Notice

 Subject:
 
 Super Audio Compact Disc
      (SACD)
 Speaker:
 
 Andreas Koch, Sony
 
 Place:
 
 Sony, 3300 Zanker Road, San
      Jose
 
 Time
      and Date:
 
 May
      23rd, 7:30 PM (refreshments at 7:00 PM)
 

Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD)

"Why a new format now?", "where is SACD coming from"? A discussion of the SACD concepts and technologies will be presented.

• DSD as the audio encoding format (Direct Stream Digital)
• DST as the packing algorithm (Direct Stream Transfer)
• Hybrid disk technology
• Copy protection
• Professional audio tools

Andreas Koch has bee at Sony since 1993. He has worked in various positions in the design of products for areas ranging from very high end professional audio mixers and recorders to high volume equipment for the musician market. Has been running an international team of engineers to design mastering equipment for SACD for the last 2.5 years. He has held engineering management and design positions before at Studer in Switzerland and Menlo Park, and at Dolby in San Francisco. Andreas has a M.S. EE from Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland.

Directions

click here for a map

From Hiway 237 - Take the Zanker Road exit south. The Sony building is on the east side of Zanker Road, approx 1/4 mile from hiway 237.