omichalis
Date: Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:24 pm ((PDT))
On 11 =CE=91=CF=85=CE=B3 2010, at 11:52 =CE=BC.=CE=BC., Heather Perkins wro=
te:
> "CD Quality" usually means the format that is the audio CD standard.
>
> So, "CD Quality" means 44.1KHz 16 bit stereo audio files, as
> uncompressed .aif or WAV format
Yes but that doesn' t tell a thing about actual quality.. cds range from th=
e ones with really awful sound to the breathtaking ones - there is a whole =
bunch of awful recordings/productions that are indeed 44.1 / 16 bit..
the fact is that you can record with the most crappy noisy microphone you c=
an find in 44/16 and still this is 'cd quality'
44/16 doesn' t mean absolutely anything quality-wise to me - they' re just =
numbers. What matters is the quality of the converters and of the overall c=
ircuity. This is what makes the difference. A variety of cheap crapy record=
ers or sound-cards record at 96/24 these days - but their converters are cr=
ap as their pre-amps and that' s why they will sound worse than an old nagr=
a that only records 44/16
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