[Mgs] completely OT - USB Turntables, DAK, CD's and LP's

[saidel at camden.rutgers.edu]

David,
I have to take issue with your sentence on several grounds. The loss  
of fidelity is a function of the encoding method. If you have a  
sampling rate that exceeds the human ability to discriminate  
differences, then you will not be able to tell the difference between  
analog and digital recordings.

I'm not an expert on audiology technology but I believe flac is called  
lossless because its encoding properties fit the above requirement.  
MP3 is not lossless but if you record at 256 kbytes/sec instead of the  
standard 128, then you do exceed the perceptual limitations.

Of course, the size of the file grows commensurately.


Regards,

Bill Saidel
'74MGB, '76MGB
BMCSNJ

Assoc. Prof. Neurobiology
Rutgers University

Quoting "Councill, David" <dcouncill at msubillings.edu>:

> The purpose is important here. Digitally recording will end up with a
> loss of fidelity, the degree depending on the format you use.