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- From: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: DCC -- JUST SAY NO! (was: The end of cassettes,
- Message-ID: <27628@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 06:31:55 GMT
- References: <BxKt78.2Hu@unix.portal.com> <24221@alice.att.com>
- Reply-To: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
- Lines: 35
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- In rec.audio, jj@alice.att.com (jj, curmudgeon and all-around grouch) writes:
- >I'm sorry that you don't understand the basic technology,
- >and I'm sorry that you haven't taken the time to examine the
- >DCC technology, and the results of the CCIR SG10 report
- >on ISO MPEG Layer I in tandem applications before you've
- >resorted to what is essentailly an ad-hominem attack.
-
- OK, you're obviously know more about the subject than I do and you're
- not the bozo I thought you might be. I'm sorry if I offended you.
-
- I do expect multiple generations of DCC or MD to degrade, but how much?
- You made it sound like it would be worse than cassette tape. I would find
- this hard the believe. (though I'll believe it in a second if I hear
- it for myself).
-
- I just got done reading the review of the Philips DCC900 DCC deck in
- this month's Stereo Review (everyone interested in DCC and MD should
- pick up a copy of this). The reviewer concludes: "...anyone who
- expects to find that perceptual coding is hokum, or that their ears
- transcend the physiological constraints upon which it is based, will be
- shocked by the very high-fidelity sound DCC actually delivers. There
- is absolutely no question that it rivals CD sound quality."
-
- In his few hours of testing (before Hurricane Andrew hit his office),
- he basically couldn't hear a difference between the CD and the DCC
- recording of the CD. I find it hard the believe that any recording
- system that can do this, will degrade worse than cassette on multiple
- generations. And, I expect that it's much better than cassette, and
- only slightly worse than DAT.
-
- I think that people who want the highest quality should go for DAT/CD
- and if you want features, you should go for MD. I just don't see how
- DCC can survive.
-
- Curt
-