Hi. I think that ATRAC (and I believe that Rick W. agrees with me. I don't want to put words in his mouth, so if you don't Rick, please correct me.) peak at about version 4 (I believe Rick said 3.5 at one time). You get to a point where you have taken something as far as you can in certain areas. When you get to the point where the average music listener using average hi-fi equipment really can't tell which is the original CD and which is the MD you have taken it as far as you can in that area. Sure you can always find a way to increase compression ratios. But everything reaches a point where it is at is limit. For example, at the present time we have no science that can exceed the speed of light. That does not mean that someone wouldn't come along some day find a way to exceed light speed. Thus proving Einstein wrong. You only have to ge back a few decades and no one would have believed that sound could be picked up and transmitted by light. Lasers were considered devices that had the potential to destroy in the beginning. I remember when I was 16 having to have a root canal treatment and lasers being the latest thing. The dentist told me that they have to make a precise cut and that a laser could not do it. Today lasers are very common in the management of soft tissue and a laser has been approved for "drilling" teeth. You have to remember that the improvement of ATRAC is not a priority. Especially with its current quality. Well enough of my BS Larry Ivica Petrovic wrote: > nobody ask the question why the Sony isn't put any new version of the ATRAC > into their flagship model? It's still the ATRAC 4.0, at the same time many > portable recorders by the other brands are equipped with ATRAC 4.5....is it > something wrong with the 4.5 or even R ATRACs? Maybe Sony did know something > we didn't? > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word > "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
