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- From: myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:48:18 GMT
- Subject: Re: CD SOund QUality
- Message-ID: <7490272@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- References: <1992Dec19.151854.9918@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- >
- > But they CAN hear the difference between 14 and 16 bits...
- > and I'll bet they can hear the difference between 16 and 18 or 20
- > bits.
- >
- > I simply cannot believe that the ear, the most dynamic and
- > sensitive mike created, especially the discriminating ear,
- > can be satisfied by 16 bits.
-
- Then why do you believe that 18 or 20 would be sufficient? Or, for that
- matter, 32? On what do you base all of this? Just your emotional response
- as evidenced by the "I cannot believe" statement? (Also, why do you think
- that the ear is "the most dynamic and sensitive mike created"? I think that
- it can easily be shown that you're wrong on both counts.)
-
- > I say lets leave it at ONE disc format for simplicity,
- > and work on a 32 bit 96KHz sampling system.
-
- On what do you base these numbers - why do you think that this will be
- sufficient, and the current format is not?
-
-
- Bob Myers KC0EW Hewlett-Packard Co. |Opinions expressed here are not
- User Interface Tech. Div.|those of my employer or any other
- myers@fc.hp.com Fort Collins, Colorado |sentient life-form on this planet.
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