Re: Re: iTunes

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On 10/13/06, A. Pagaltzis <pagaltzis@xxx.xx> wrote:
> You're telling me that with a general-purpose CPU running at
> 1.5GHz, backed by a bus that's capable of pushing a few dozen (or
> hundred?) GByte/sec, it's still necessary to dedicate specialised
> silicon to get a 100KByte/sec stream from the platter to the DAC
> reliably?
>
> No, it's not. It's hateful software that's to blame, all right.

OK OK  I'll give you that one. But really, I'm of the "can't hear
anything better than 192 mp3" camp - and even then it's something of a
stretch.

Go on, kill my first born son. I probably deserve it.

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