The question makes sense. Answer, quite high for a nearly lossless signal. I doubt that the decoding process is perfect, otherwise, why decode, but I think the near equivalent of lossless would be 768kb. Jay
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana S. Leslie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" <[email protected]>; "BlindTech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 6:01 PM Subject: a Question about band Width/kbps > I'm not entirely sure I understand this subject well enough. so, I'm not > sure if I'm phrasing this question correctly, or if it even makes sense. > But, here goes, anyway: > > I think I understand that the wider the band width of an audio stream, the > more kbps, the more information one receives each second, and hence the > better the quality of the sound is/can be. That's why 128kbps streams sound > better than 20kbps streams, etc., especially for music and other high > information content. But, as a benchmark for comparison, what would be the > band width of a high-fidelity, stereo, on-air broadcast, or of a live > concert performance? (Does that last even make sense?) > > Thanks. > > Blessed Be, > > Dana > > D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: dsleslie > Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE > Your Source for Discounted Ideas > http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
