cliveb Wrote: > In my experience, headphones are far more revealing than speakers > (except for stereo imaging). But I do acknowledge that my headphones > are hardly high-end. > > > I've seen the graphs that support this claim, and on the face of it > they make a valid point. But in practice, in over a decade of > digitising LPs I've never felt the need to worry about it. I record LPs > at 16 bit, 44.1khz, using an M-Audio AP2496, and the recordings sound > exactly the same as the original LP. > > > Anyone who claims "infinite" anything is deluding themselves. Infinity > is an abstract concept which does not exist in the real world.
Hey, do "abstract concepts" exist, or did you just state something that can't be stated? I think the idéa was that there is no absolute theoretical limit. Let's all be clear that signals in noise don't actually disappear (as some people seem to believe), they only become less easy to detect. So, instead of looking at the total noise power the noise characteristics has to be examined. What's the point of first using arguments with simplified S/N figures, and then dismissing other figures that give a more complete picture? Personally I don't think 16/44 can capture LP properly, although it can come close. (Depending on the LP, of course) -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21836 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
