The Chronicles of Noivad

Tag: digital audio

  • Pono: Neil Young Thinks CDs Suck

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    I got a ton of flack from people on Ars when I commented that CD quality audio lost a lot of information that greatly affected a listener’s perception, and MP3 and other compressed audio formats simply made a bad situation worse. I over-simplified my argument to keep it approachable, and had some wannabe audio experts…

  • 44kHz is not enough

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    In this article (http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/04/does-mastered-for-itunes-matter-to-music-ars-puts-it-to-the-test.ars) Chris Foresman concludes erroneously that a 44.1kHz sampling frequency with 16-bits of resolution is plenty to faithfully reproduce the spectrum of audible sounds “good enough” for most people. The sample rate of CDs is underpowered, because it should be at least comparable to the limits of human hearing. At 44.1kHz the…