Re: Re: iTunes

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From: Joe Mahoney
Subject: Re: Re: iTunes
Date: 01:16 on 13 Oct 2006
I can't hear anything better than 128 mp3 but I don't have a problem
with lossless formats.

Joe


On 10/13/06, Bill Page <bill.page@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
There's stuff above here

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