-=> Quoting Bonnie Goodwin to T Owen <=-
 BG> Hi T!
 
 -> > If you want state of the art, stay clear of CDs. 16 bit wordlength
 -> > and low sampling frequencies just don't cut it for anything above
 -> > about 4Khz.
 BG> BS. Wordlength doesn't have a thing to do with frequency response, it
 BG> has to do with potential dynamic range. While it can be argued that 16
 BG> bits isn't enough, it is sufficient for most purposes.
 BG> It is sampling rate that determines total possible frequency resposne
 BG> and is determined by the sampling frequency devided by the Nyquist
 BG> theorem, which is a total of about .47 of the sampling frequency is
 BG> the highest usable frequency, which at 44.1kHz should give about a  20k
 BG> (OK, 20,727Hz for those with calculators to check my math!) potential
 BG> top end limit, after which everything must be cut off sharply to
 BG> prevent antialiasing.
 
I'm curious to hear what you have to say about this very
topic.  Do you think the Nyquiest theorem is fair in saying
a sampling rate of 44kHz can be used on 20kHz signals?
If you're sampling at 44k, measuring a 20k+ hz wave means
you're only gonna have around 2 points of reference digitally,
right? Well, I don't think connecting 2 dots can represent
the original wave.  However, this is where you come in, since
you're closer to recording techniques than I and I rarely
listen to sine waves for music  :), maybe you can shed some
light on this.  
Don't you just hate it when amateurs (me included!) think
they know enough to be dangerous?   :)
Steve
mctague@juno.com
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