Jason wrote:
Appropos the recent mention here of Neil Young's disdain for digital
audio, I have come across several references to an article on this
topic recently. It found it interesting - as is the site whence it
came. (Sorry if this has already been posted here; I try to check
before posting and didn't find it.)
"24/192 Music Downloads ...and why they make no sense" is he
http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
OK, yes, music distribution in format 192-24 is a marginal concept for many
reasons.
What is more relevant here in this rec(reational).audio.pro(duction)
newsgroup is recording.
I recorded a string quartet using very good violins yesterday. The shortest
possible signal chain pre ad conversion, so it was a good chance to compare
the actual sound quality of an R44 using different sample rates, on that
actual recorder the cleanest record-replay was at 192 kHz sample rate.
Equipment used: quality condenser mic, minimalist preamp, Edirol R44,
Sennheiser HD25 headphones.
Kind regards
Peter Larsen