[plug] slowdown probs

[Beau Kuiper]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, alan howard wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:16, Simon Scott wrote:
> > What cracks me up is when people convert tape/record to mp3, and
> > encode at 192+ kbps.
> >
> >
>  unfortunatly cd audio is just as bad. a 44khz sample rate ( normal cd ) will
> not correctly resolve a 9khz square wave , while a good turntable, cartridge
> , stylus , and amp will. also so will tape with a decent write spead. ( reel
> to reel type)
> rgds
> alan howard
>
>

Yes alan, I spend my days listening to 9khz square wave sound :-)

Of course alan, you forgot to take into account:

1) good turntable and tape equipment costs a bundle while cd equipment is
far cheaper. ie you have to spend more to get reasonable sound out of a LP
than a CD.
2) cds are cheap, easy to copy, quite compact (compared to LP's and reel
tapes) and argueably more durable.
3) Cd's arn't affected by magnetic fields like tapes are
4) Most music doesn't stress out the capibilities of 44khz sample rate.
the square wave at 9khz is a pedantic example designed to expose a
weakness in CD's that really don't affect real music much.

Have Fun
Beau Kuiper
kuiperba at cs.curtin.edu.au