Klarinet Archive - Posting 000409.txt from 2002/09

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] MP3 - WAV - CD
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 13:30:25 -0400

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Benjamin Maas wrote:

> Well, Mark is the closest here, but not completely right.
>
> > ...
> Bit-wise, all these formats are pretty much the same, except for a header
> that tells the computer how to read the information.

Error correction may take place in the raw bitstream in the player before
any bits get to the DAC. CDs have other physical problems, as do the clock
electronics in the players. I'm amazed the CD players do as well as they
do, even at the $29.95 level nowadays.

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