Products

1. What is the condition of your merchandise?
• All items from 8T8T are brand new and factory sealed.
• All music titles are performed by original artists, unless otherwise specified.
• 8T8T sells only authentic items.

Payment

1. How to make payment?
• Payment will be made through PayPal using your credit card. Major credit cards including Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover are accepted.
2. Do I need to submit my credit card information to 8T8T?
• No need. Payment will be processed through PayPal, where your credit card is registered.

Shipping

1. What is the shipping method?
• Orders will be shipped by Air Mail or by Registered Air Mail if insurance is added.
2. Do you ship internationally?
• Yes, we ship internationally.
3. How much is the shipping cost?
• 8T8T collects only resonable shipping fee. Shipping rate will not be inflated as to lower prices. Total costs will be shown as you add items to the shopping cart.
4. Will I save shipping costs if I purchase more?
• Yes, you will save shipping costs for a purchase of more than one item. Shipping fee will be discounted by a fixed amount on each item, starting from the second item onwards.
5. When will shipment be made after an order is placed?
• Shipment will normally be made within 1 to 3 business days after the order is placed.
6. How long will it take for an order to arrive?
• Arrival time depends on different destinations. Average time needed is about 7 to 10 days (based on shipments to the U.S.).
7. Is insurance available?
• Insurance is optional, but recommended. The fee is flat at US$2.00 per shipment.

Glossary

1. HDCD
• What is HDCD?
• High Definition Compatible Digital, or HDCD, is a patented process for delivering on CD the full richness and detail of the original microphone feed. HDCD-encoded CDs sound better because they are encoded with 20 bits of real musical information as compared with 16 bits for all other CDs. HDCD overcomes the limitation of the 16-bit CD format by using a sophisticated system to encode the additional 4 bits onto the CD while remaining completely compatible with the CD format.
• Can HDCD-encoded CDs be played on ordinary CD players?
• Yes, HDCD-encoded CDs are compatible with ordinary CD players.
2. DSD
• What is DSD?
• Direct-Stream Digital is a technology developed by Philips and Sony to store audio signals on digital storage media and is used for the Super Audio Compact Disc. The signal is stored as sequence of single bit values at a very high frequency. Noise shaping and oversampling are used to reduce distortion caused by the very high quantisation of the audio signal to a single bit. Due to the high sampling rate the bandwidth and therefore the audio quality can be higher than what is possible with the 44.1 kHz PCM format used for normal audio CDs.
• Can DSD-encoded CDs be played on ordinary CD players?
• Yes, DSD-encoded CDs are compatible with ordinary CD players.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us.