From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sat, 6 Sep 2025 05:28:16 -0500   
   BGB  wrote:   
      
   > Just randomly thinking again about some things I noticed with audio   
   > at low sample rates.   
   >   
   > For baseline, can note, basic sample rates:   
   >    44100: Standard, sounds good, but bulky   
   >    32000: Sounds good   
   >    22050: Moderate   
   >    16000: OK, Modest size, acceptable quality.   
   >      Seems like best tradeoff if not going for high quality.   
   >    11025: Poor, muffled.   
   >     8000: Very poor, speech almost unintelligible (normally).   
   >       But, it is seeming like a "weird hack" may exist here.   
   >   
      
   8000 x 8bit (mu-law in USA, A-law in majority of the world) was a   
   standard sampling rate for digital back ends of analog wired telephony   
   for more than 50 years. I didn't check, but would assume that it still   
   is.   
   Most people founded it quite intelligible. Certainly more intelligible   
   than cellular telephony, until less then 20 years ago cellular improved   
   a little.   
      
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