Josh Coalson;187979 Wrote: 
> I *hope* that's not the reason Linn went with WMAL instead of FLAC!  are
> the tracks DRMed?
> 
> anyway I am considering using one of the reserved codes (there are 3
> left) in the frame header for 88.2KHz and letting it be in the subset. 
> as far as FLAC is concerned the sample rate makes no difference to
> anything, it's just a number.  the constrained set is mainly a
> concession to hardware makers to not have to support every oddball rate
> to be subset compliant.  also in 1999, I didn't really know how things
> would shake out with regards to what rates would be common.
> 
> Josh

Josh, you might consider adding 176.4KHz also.  Reference Recordings
will soon be offering files at that sample rate.  Currently they send
the files as WAVs on a DVD-R disc, but they plan to offer FLAC
downloads in the future:

http://www.stereophile.com/news/010508ref/

Thank you for your excellent work on the FLAC format, BTW.


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