5000 Songs in an HD

`Recording music in hard disc.¡°

Computer users are getting more interested in a new digital audio system, utilizing the hard disc of computer instead of CDs or Memory cards.

Sony anticipated a new era of hard disc audio system, exhibiting a new model, CMT-L7HD, photo) which functions like a jukebox, at an exhibition in Hannover, Germany.

Whiling listening a song with CD, it is automatically recorded as a file in a hard disc of an audio system. Next time, you don`t have to look around for the CD. You could easily replay the music recorded in the CD. Since the recorded file is a copy of the digital data of the original CD, you will hear no difference in sound.

Since hard disc memory has been expanded up to 100 GB and the price is coming down, the prospect of the HD audio market is encouraging.

While iPod produced by Apple Computer last year equipped with a 5 GB had disc, the audio system of Sony uses 40 GB hard disc.

Considering that the memory can be compared to 500 CDs (74 minutes/ CD) and one CD can record 10 songs, the new audio is capable of memorizing up to 5000 songs.

In addition, each music record can be sorted by genre, writer, and singer for the convenient access of the customers to enjoy the music.