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Article #4298Re: Why I hate CDs (was Re: I don't need HDTV!)
From: Alan Waterman
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 1990 19:35
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 1990 19:35
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In article <4154@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> mpl@mit-caf.UUCP (Mark Lubratt) writes: >In article <1554@redsox.bsw.com> campbell@redsox.bsw.com (Larry Campbell) writes: >Even if you can hear beyond normal hearing, the fact is that when listening >to normal music, the energy in the lower frequencies mask out your perception >of higher frequencies. That is why one can make an amplifier with a 15KHz >rolloff and noone could tell except if they send pure tones through >it. For normal broad band applications, the lower frequency energy >will mask out what you would normally hear above 15KHz and you will >never know it is missing. Sorry, but you CAN hear the difference if you have my ears and you have a good pair of Bang and Olufsen headphones.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucdavis!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!sorka From: sorka@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alan Waterman) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,comp.std.internat,rec.video,comp.graphics Subject: Re: Why I hate CDs (was Re: I don't need HDTV!) Message-ID: <7080@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 19 Mar 90 19:35:23 GMT References: <sa0KhqO00Uh7M2R25C@andrew.cmu.edu> <1554@redsox.bsw.com> <4154@mit-caf.MIT.EDU> Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: sorka@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alan Waterman) Organization: UCSC Open Access Lines: 13