Klarinet Archive - Posting 000059.txt from 2002/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Minidisc
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 22:33:33 -0500

At 06:04 PM 1/2/2002 -0600, Mark C. wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Hausmann [mailto:bhausmann1@-----.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:38 PM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: Re: [kl] Minidisc
> >
> >
> > At 12:49 PM 1/2/2002 -0800, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
> > >DAT is better than CD.
> >
> > Unless it can be set to record at a sampling rate higher than a
> > CD's, then
> > the best DAT can possibly do is be EQUAL to CD.
>
>Consumer DAT tape drives sample at 48Khz unless being used to copy a CD, and
>some DATs use 20-bit samples, an improvement over the 16-bit samples used
>for CD.

Then, in accordance with my statement above, I will agree that DAT is, at
least theoretically, better than CD. Just not for anybody over 40. ;-)

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
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