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- From: gfl@herahera.cc.bellcore.com (lenahan,grant f)
- Subject: Re: Digital critics - sampling argument is nonsense
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 15:18:22 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.151822.17985@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Summary: Woof
- References: <1993Jan21.213648.32065@watson.ibm.com>
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- In article <1993Jan21.213648.32065@watson.ibm.com>, zellers@22_clancy.manassas.ibm.com (Cevin M Zellers ) writes:
- > But to go back to John Galloways argument, you state that only the 'canine
- > inspired' can diffentiate between a 20KHz sawtooth and a sine. But thats
- > enough for me to take my signal generator down Audio Buys (D.C.) and give
- > this experiment a first-hand-test. Roof Roof :) :)
- >
- > If I can tell the difference, I may just have to scrap my CD's and plug in
- > the old vinyl player until you guys pull the sampling frequency out another
- > 50 KHz!
- Cevin-
-
- You presume that master tapes have frequencies above 20 kHz,
- that the cutting head lays them down, and that your RIAA section
- doesn't further attenuate them on you (it does).
-
- You MAY be able to hear 20+ kHz, but records won't
- give it to you eitheR.
-
- Grant
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-