From Marc 3 Poirier Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 20:37
From Marc 3 Poirier Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 20:37
> I can't believe how spoiled people are by CD Audio that they feel like > they need 24bit, 96khz audio. I was 25 before I bought my first CD > player and CDs. Some of the people on this mailing list were born after > the introduction of the CD! > > Sure, it's nice to have that headroom both in frequency and dynamics, but > that's a technical thing having to do with music production, not with > listening pleasure. I like all of the music that I like, but sometimes the high frequencies on certain CDs hurt my ears. It certainly depends a lot on the CD player as well (with the digital to analogue converters in it), & since I got this splendid new CD player about a year ago, I don't have the problem as often any more, but I still do with some CDs. & they hurt in this way unique to inadequate digital audio, something that never happens with good quality all-analogue recordings. I would like to see a higher standard sampling rate for digital audio, & bit rate, too. That's all, bye. Marc Poirier