[linux-audio-user] sampling at high frequencies

Anahata anahata at treewind.co.uk
Mon Jan 26 09:20:01 EST 2004


On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 07:56:05AM -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
> AFAIK the only reason for going to 96KHz is to allow for digital effects
> processing to do a better job.  Maybe some people can hear a difference
> on *very* expensive equipment but eventually you have to go to 16 bit
> 44.1KHz ;-)
For conventional CD's yes, but aren't there plans for some sort of
consumer audio DVD at a higher sampling rate and word length?
(there's always somebody out there who'll want it at any price "because
it's better")

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