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- From: rkarlqu@scd.hp.com (Richard Karlquist)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Analog CDs (was: CD Sound Quality)
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 16:58:36 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett Packard Santa Clara Site
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- William Nau (nau@ssesco.com) wrote:
- : Bob Myers writes:
- : > Yes, that IS what LDs are; now why do you think this would be better than
- : > any existing format? The bandwidth? They're certainly not very convenient
- : > (too big), nor are they as durable as CDs (given the analog nature of the
- : > signal, they're not nearly as forgiving of defects as the error-corrected
- : > digital CD format).
- :
- : I believe he ment to indicate that the method used to record 1 hour of video
- : on a LD could be condensed to a much smaller (5") disk for 75 minutes of
- : audio. This would give you an analogue recording with the convience of
- : a CD. I find the idea interesting and would be interested in the audio
- : quality.
- : --
-
- Video LaserDisks are engineered for a signal to noise ratio of about 40
- dB., which is adequate for video. It is not at all clear how you would
- increase this to CD SNR levels (98 dB for 16 bits) for an analog audio
- format. The most appropriate analogy would be VHS-HiFi. It doesn't
- get anywhere near 98 dB SNR in native mode. Extensive companding is
- to extend the apparent dynamic range, although it still doesn't hit
- 98 dB even taking that into account.
-
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