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   Trevor to Sergey Kubushyn   
   Re: 24-bit on tap at Apple?   
   02 Mar 11 14:31:04   
   
   XPost: rec.music.gdead, sci.electronics.design   
   From: trevor@home.net   
      
   "Sergey Kubushyn"  wrote in message   
   news:ikkam0$b8$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
   > Thanks for a suggestion but now, I won't do it. Music is _NOT_ a pure   
   > sinusoidal waves and there are other things like attack, shape etc. The   
   > primary mistake all those proponents of wonderful digital sound make is   
   > assumption that analog audio ends at 20KHz. It doesn't. It doesn't end   
   > even   
   > at 30KHz and higher. Its amplitude falls quite rapidly, yes, but there is   
   > no   
   > such an abrupt cutoff at 22KHz.   
      
   Right, the auditory system collapses well before that, unless you are an 8   
   YO girl!   
      
      
   > Another reason, totally unrelated, for 24/96 is that is a standard   
   > de-facto   
   > these days. All those 16/88 and 16/96 are not. And storage is dirt cheap   
   > these days to save pennies by using some weird format.   
      
   And how much do you pay for tape these days (per your other post) Now that's   
   a weird format these days! :-)   
      
   Trevor.   
      
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