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Subject: Re: Questions for audio gurus
From: "Rich Peet" <>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:48:12 -0000
--- In  "Julius Thyssen" <> wrote:

...

>
> "Allen Cobb" <> wrote:

> Also, say you have a samplerate of 44.1 kHz
> and a source 24 kHz tone will be picked up
> by your microphone and amps;
> This will cause a not so loud anti-aliasing artifact
> around 20 kHz. Many of us will translate the artifact
> as "warm and airy", not as cold digital distortion.
> --
> Julius
>

Am I correct that what you discribe as anti-aliasing artifacts will
vary dependent on the quality of your a/d and d/a converters?

Rich





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