2 Jan
2006
2 Jan
'06
3:38 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "woodelf" <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: yikes. drifting OT.
Jim Leonard wrote:
You mean the sound of shuffling dress shoes on carpet near your cubicle
informing you of the presence of the pointy haired boss. Most people
complained about the cutoff at 20Khz because the filters used messed up the
sound at lower frequencies. Most people can't pick out higher frequencies in
sound, but I think they can pick up the the lack of any content in those
frequencies in a quiet room while concentrating (something rarely done).
woodelf wrote:
It more of the case
that music is not just sine waves. It is a mix of
everything.. My ears I think are good only to 15khz.
but the brain does a lot of processing of information. A square wave --
snap of a twig by a sabar tooth tiger ment life
or death for early man, and that is what our ears are ment for.
3) Digital CD Audio has too low a sampling rate
Incorrect. Unless you have magic ears that can pick out a 22KHz tone
from a 21Khz tone, don't say the sampling rate is too low. That's one
of the biggest lies. Yes, there are people who say that the
inaudible frequencies carry vibration that affects the listening
experience, but that's another load of crap I don't want to get into
(and the only way you're going to prove to me that your speakers can
even reproduce that is to send me a video of an 'scope showing me
22Khz output).