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In article <sa0KhqO00Uh7M2R25C@andrew.cmu.edu> bas+@andrew.cmu.edu (Bruce Sherwood) writes:
-The analogy with audio is that a CD with frequency response out to 10
-MHz would not sound better than one with frequency response out to 20
-KHz, because the human ear can't hear the higher frequencies.

Speak for yourself.  Perhaps the *average* human ear can't hear higher
than 20 KHz, but some can.  I don't know what frequency they are, but
I can hear those "ultrasonic" sonar burglar alarms -- and they are loud
enough to be painful if I'm standing directly under the transducer.
But I know most people can't hear them.

CDs would have been nice if they had a decent high frequency rolloff; but if
I A/B an LP and a CD it is clear that the CD has cut off the higher
frequencies.  So I get a choice -- ticks, pops, and rumble, or missing high
frequencies.  Feh.

Anyone know if DAT will have a better high end than CDs (presumably this
depends almost entirely on its sampling rate)?
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