Marc 3 Poirier wrote:
quoted 23 lines About the only practical application of this audio technology is in the>
> > About the only practical application of this audio technology is in the
> > recording and reproduction of classical music. The clarity is so good
> > out of an entire symphony orchestra you can individually pick out the
> > French horn player sitting in the middle who stopped briefly to pick his
> > nose.
> >
> > As for IDM? 16bit/44.1kHz is fine.
>
> Aw jeez, this is totally bogus. 16-bit 44.1 kHz is the most bare-ass,
> hardly passing standard for digital audio. Okay, maybe not totally because
> the 16-bit part is pretty good, but the 44.1 kHz part is atrocious. It
> doesn't have to do with whether you call the music you're playing
> "classical," it has to do with whether it has treble in it, & most music I
> listen to, of all different sorts, does have treble. Once you start
> getting into the highest audible frequencies, 44.1 kHz representations of
> them sound like shit, harsh & grating shit. Once you get to 22.05 kHz,
> this is what any waveform is going to be from a 44.1 kHz audio recording:
> \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
> That's it. Absolutely no detail at all. It gets better the lower you go
> from there, but that's why it sounds so bad.
>
> Marc Poirier
i am not versed in the science of sound, but can
humans hear over 20 khz?
cl