wavoman
Headphoneus Supremus
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That gave me a lot to think about. 2 x 19K is only 38K, which means 44.1 would be enough! Maybe it is the 16 levels of quantization that hurt redbook; we should try 24/44.1. Of course we've also been discussing the published claim that no one can hear the difference between 16/44.1 and 24/96 ... let's save that for another day.
The speaker cable debate bores me -- it is analog interconnects where the action is IMHO. And digital cables, especially the widespread (and IMO wrong) opinion around here that cheap digital cables are OK since "the bits get there". (Actually they don't, at least not at the right moment in time anyway).
The "bits are bits" statement reminds me of the famous book "sharks don't get cancer". 'Cause sharks do get cancer. I love flat, bold statements that are just wrong. Very clever way to win arguments. "We will eliminate our depenence on middle eastern oil in ten years".
But let's have a good Labor Day weekend ... come back and re-join the hi-res and digital cable fight later.
Originally Posted by nick_charles /img/forum/go_quote.gif ...1) The relatively low level of high frequency components in music - if you do a spectrum analysis on a piece of music when you get to 19K the energy is generally at least 40 to 50db down on the 20 - 1000 range....In the normal musical ranges (normal) speaker cables though they may measure differently in absolute terms have the same kind of response profile. |
That gave me a lot to think about. 2 x 19K is only 38K, which means 44.1 would be enough! Maybe it is the 16 levels of quantization that hurt redbook; we should try 24/44.1. Of course we've also been discussing the published claim that no one can hear the difference between 16/44.1 and 24/96 ... let's save that for another day.
The speaker cable debate bores me -- it is analog interconnects where the action is IMHO. And digital cables, especially the widespread (and IMO wrong) opinion around here that cheap digital cables are OK since "the bits get there". (Actually they don't, at least not at the right moment in time anyway).
The "bits are bits" statement reminds me of the famous book "sharks don't get cancer". 'Cause sharks do get cancer. I love flat, bold statements that are just wrong. Very clever way to win arguments. "We will eliminate our depenence on middle eastern oil in ten years".
But let's have a good Labor Day weekend ... come back and re-join the hi-res and digital cable fight later.