Themis;347520 Wrote: > > So, is there something that I forgot ? Yes - that applies to analogue media as well.
I sometimes like to point out at this point that -we don't know- if the world is "analog" or "digital". Everyone here is assuming sounds are analog - but that is an -assumption- and totally unjustified. First off, sounds are usually described as waves in air, but air is a discrete medium. It's made of molecules, and continuous waves are an approximation - they don't really exist. What really exists is the motion of each molecule, which produces a series of discrete hits on the microphone membrane - a process that is has as much in common with digital media as it does with analog. Whether it's "actually" digital or analog is essentially a meaningless question, since I only really know what those words mean in the context of storage media. I could go further and mention quantum mechanics, but it's not necessary. The point is that describing sound as a continuous, smooth thing is wrong even at the molecular level. Hence any argument which claims continuous time voltages are intrinsically superior to digital sequences based on that false premise is also wrong. And by the way, 24 bit digital is sufficient to capture sounds all the way from unbearably loud to a single air molecule hitting the mic (if the mic could capture that, which it can't) - and that's far, far, far better than any analogue medium I've ever heard of. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53355 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
