On 28 Feb 2000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
> * Matt White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 28 Feb 2000
> 22.05, actually, due to the phenomenon known as "aliasing".
Right, however CD are still limited to 20kHz at pressing.
> DVD-Video's audio formats, dts and Dolby Digital (AC-3) have the capability
> to handle sampling rates up to 96KHz, providing a frequency response of up
> to 43KHz. That does not mean all DVD-Video discs will have dts (many do
> not), Dolby Digital (some do not), or sampling rates nearly that high (very
> few do).
I wasn't talking about DVD-Video though.
> | Of course, those formats also do 5.1, which I find ridiculous, but that's
> | my personal opinion.
>
> I think that if you had five surround speakers plus a super subwoofer, you
> would think differently.
No I wouldn't. 5.1 is fine for movies, but I don't see the point for
audio. The whole point of stereo is to recreate the live performance feel
in the room. To do this you need exactly two speakers.
-Matt
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