[linux-audio-user] New Asus Ath. XP 2500 Delta 1010LT performance

Greg Murphy public_gmm at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Jul 7 18:01:52 EDT 2004


Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen wrote:
> My impression is that the more maths an audio professional knows, the
> > more
> sure the audio professional is that higher sampling rates is a
> bad thing. (unless you are recording sounds that is later going to be

> downsampled a lot of course)

> Perhaps its impossible for us non-skilled-mathematicians to
> understand properly why 96 kHz is a bad thing...

96kHz is not bad, 192kHZ IS bad. 96 pushes side effects of filters in
the A/D/A chain beyond out hearing. However, it's suspected that 192 is
not so good as there isn't sufficient time between samples to allow
components (e.g. caps) to function correctly. I think I've said this
before but read Dan Lavry's paper on the subject at 

http://lavryengineering.com/documents/Sampling_Theory.pdf

Yes, Dan Lavry does makeand sell ADCs but this subject has been
discussed to death on a number of audio lists and forums frequented by
many eminent engineers. It is the concensus that 96kHZ is a Good Thing
(tm). 

Greg



	
	
		
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