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- From: thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox)
- Subject: DCC vs. CD (was Re: CD vs. LP again (was Re: Preamp and Amp))
- References: <1993Jan25.160847.3542@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1k1fl5INNgub@rave.larc.nasa.gov> <ben.728006966@ipoint> <9301262023.28@rmkhome.UUCP>
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- Originator: ben@ipoint
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- Reply-To: thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox)
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- Organization: Ancient Illuminated Sears of Bavaria
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:02:52 GMT
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- I sed:
- >>I'm just pissed that Philips is actually DARING to advertise that
- >>DCC's have the same quality sound as CD. I do NOT see how they can
- >>get away with that.
-
- Rick Kelly sed:
- >Well, CD's are made from a digital master tape.
-
- So are DCC's. It's just that, before going onto a DCC, the data goes
- through a lossy compression algorithm based on an adaptive filter that
- sounds like shit.
-
- Followup-To: rec.audio
-
- --
- Ben Cox
- thoth@uiuc.edu
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