Universal Music is also rumored to launch their own site shortly. There has been discussion about allowing consumers to download their favorite selections of a particular artist, and pay only for the content they select. Further, future digital audio will be protected. Additionally, the SD audio format also contains robust provisions for protection of digital content from incursion. The Appeal of Digital Audio With digital audio, music is no longer stored on tapes or discs.
Digital music consists of compressed audio files that are downloaded onto a memory card.
And since the entire process is solid state, playback music is not interrupted by the player being jarred or vibrated. Better still is the fact that there are no moving parts in a digital audio player that are susceptible to wear and tear and eventual break down. Portable digital audio playback will be integrated into future DVD Players, Compact Audio Systems, Mobile Audio systems and other applications. A digital audio player can provide all of the positives of a tape playback medium without the incumbent negatives of a bulky player and annoyances of wow and flutter and hiss in the audio signal. Since the medium is digital, there is no annoying tape noise, hiss, wow and flutter.