"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote in message

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CD audio is sampled 44,100 times per second per channel.
During the recording process it's sampled 44.100 per second?

My friend claims audible data is lost during the sampling process.
I don't see how that's possible if the source is sampled 44,100 times
second?

What does 16bit or 24bit mean during the recording process or playback
process, e.g., Denon 3803 16bit and Denon 4802
24 bit, 96kHz A/D conversion? I use Denon as an example only because I own
a Denon receiver. Years ago, I read an article in Stereophile
that described all of this. However, my memory isbn't what it used to be.

He's probably just posturing. . . . . .

No he isn't, just a rigid guy who hasn't listened to good audio systems in
years.

Where is musical data lost w/ LPs? dynamic range? accuracy?

LP recording and playback is a mechanical process. The translation from
audio signal to mechanics and back to an audio signal is full of
inaccuracies of various kinds.


The biggest differences are in the area of dynamic range. CDs can
easily have more than 90 dB dynamic range. In practice LPs you buy
will have actual performance in the 45 to 65 dB range, with 65 dB
being typical of the physical limits of the LP medium.

That's very helpful.

I try!

;-)

Thanks,

Mike