1 Nov
2002
1 Nov
'02
11:51 p.m.
Patrick Shirkey wrote:
CDs are an outdated medium that has survived because
of the patent
industry. If the multimedia companies didn't have so much invested
into cd technology we would all own DVDRW drives by now. I hope it is
just a matter of time before the prices are reasonable for small scale
operations.
Umm, actually I'd heard nearly the exact opposite opinion voiced on more
than one occasion, namely, that higher-sample rates are basically an
audio industry ploy to sucker rich yuppies wth $5000 USD power
amps into buying "Sgt. Pepper" and "Are You Experienced" in yet
another
format. Personally, I'm inclined to believe that, and I do consider
myself an audiofile. FWIW, I also run everything, even the DAT
machine (yes, I've still got one) at 44.1, even though my Delta can
handle 96, because I really don't like to deal with resampling, and
nothing I'm doing at this point has any likelihood of ending up on DVD-A
anytime soon.
'-dgm