The terms Red Book audio, Compact Disc (CD) and CD-DA (CD-Digital Audio) are synonymous. See CD and CD-DA. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

The DCD-3000NE boasts wide playback support of a variety of digital audio, from CDs and SACDs to MP3 and FLAC files. It can also play CD-R/RWs and DVD-R/RWs, as well as DSD files (2.8MHz and 5.6MHz).

By the mid-1990s, most CD-ROM drives could pass the digital data over the computer's bus (see digital audio extraction). PCs today use a standard four-pin cable; however, earlier cards and drives ...