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On Mon, 2012-12-24 at 15:29 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:

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> On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 12:39:17PM -0500, Thomas Vecchione wrote:

> > And for the record, the basic reasoning for what I said is simple, and has

> > existed for quite some time, that 44.1kHz is capable of containing more

> > than the entire human hearing range of an undamaged ear (Reproducing all

> > frequencies up to just above 22k).

>

> Yeah, but what about harmonics? For truly PRO work, analog should be

> used. CD's came out as the poor mans quality stereo, it was a compromise

> for high quality vinyl. Just as McDonalds is a poor compromise for a

> quality restaurant. But with the proliferation of advertising, huge

> product selection, the rising cost of the real quality goods; digital

> and McDonalds soon became the norm. [snip]

44.1 was a compromise to get enough minutes on a CD, later when consumer

DAT was introduced it wasn't needed to take care about the length, so

they came with 48 KHz.
Vinyl is another issue. I prefer vinyl, because records are similar to

living beings. They get old, they get scratches, but there's no data

loss, the mechanical principle allow it to play them with a needle on

paper, there isn't the need to have a device with special encoding. The

cover art is much nicer.
Merry Christmas!

Ralf
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