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Re: review tascam HD-P2

Subject: Re: review tascam HD-P2
From: Aaron Ximm <>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:48:14 -0800
My $0.02,

Down-sized 24 bit makes a difference to my ear, at least. I find even
just *mixing* in a 32 bit bitdepth makes a difference (even given all
16/44 original sources!).

Cuumulative rounding error, and resolution in the most quiet passages,
are the main reasons I think.

I use the analogy of image: consider JPEG versions on the cover of
NYTimes.com of pictures taken with professional [digital I'm sure]
cameras.

Even given that the most important elements are talent and the lens
(the analog of the mic), the high original resolution and CCD size
makes a marked difference. Even when the final image is only 600x400
pixels -- you can still tell it wasn't taken with a 400x600
cameraphone. :)

 best,
  aaron

On 1/20/06, Marc Myers <> wrote:
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> Vicki
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> In theory, the higher the rate of sampling and the more bits per sample
> the more accurate the recording. If all else is equal, recording at a
> higher bit rate will result in a better recording even when downrezed to
> CD quality. In practice how close you are, how quiet the environment,
> the quality of your microphone and the quality of your preamp all makes
> more difference.
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> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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