Hi :) Thanks :) That was good to know and interesting. I didn't feel like you were ranting. It was more about sharing information. Thanks and regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Joep L. Blom <jlb...@neuroweave.nl> >To: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com> >Cc: Kracked_P_P---webmaster <webmas...@krackedpress.com>; Dries Feys ><dries.f...@tvh.com>; LibreO - Users Global <users@global.libreoffice.org> >Sent: Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 9:12 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] OT : good cd import software on linux > > >On 17/04/13 00:14, Steve Edmonds wrote: >> ><snipped> >> If only we could all get music at 24 bit. How fidelity has given way to >> convenience. Good pressing -> itunes. SLR camera -> phone camera. >> Steve >> > >I agree wholeheartedly with Steve! The fact that CD's had to fit into the 700 >MB Philips (the "inventor") decided that digitalisation to 16 bit was >sufficient as it was then a necessity to record the same volume as a long-play >record (analogue) on a standard size disk. Even at that time the analogue >reproduction techniques were more that sufficient to reproduce 24-bit but a >good D/A converter for 24-bit in real-time was not feasible then. Therefore >the marketing advertised most with the fact that you didn't hear the noise of >a record that was old but were very silent about the quality loss. And as we >all know marketing is much more important than technique! >But I'm sorry for this way OT ranting. >Joep > > >-- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted