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Subject: Re: [motm] No 88.2 or 96k then?

From: Robert van der Kamp <robnet@...>
Date: 2004-02-09

On Monday 09 February 2004 00:44, Paul Haneberg wrote:

> but the bottom line is that any artifacts or
> loss of sound quality you notice in a recording sampled
> at 44.1kHz is due to the filter preceeding the A to D
> converter and possibly the lowpass filter following the D
> to A converter to a lessser extent.

I see! Good explanation.

> My studio uses an Apogee AD8000 SE converter and yes
> these are very expensive. But I cannot hear the
> difference between using this converter at 44.1 kHz and a
> ProTools HD converter running at 192kHz.

That's quite a claim! I'm impressed.

> I record from the MOTM straight into the converter,
> after passing the signal through a very good transformer
> to make it Lo-Z.

Maybe this is getting a little too off-topic, but good you
(or someone else) explain me this Hi-Z/Lo-Z thing?

- Robert