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From: pmr@drutx.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: CD Don't you just love 'em?
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Date: Fri, 25-May-84 11:22:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 25 11:22:04 1984
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In reference to the totally digital chain, Bell Telephone Laboratories
has made an advancement in the second to the last part of this chain,
that is, the loudspeaker.  They have invented a 4-bit digital driver
that reasonably reproduces speech.  This approach may not be feasable
for home systems since the driver's piston area is an exponential
function of the word size.  BTL has not undertaken the totally digital
person yet :-)

		Food for thought:
In reference to purists, non-purists will always think that purists
are unrealistic and impractical snobs.  Purists will always think that
non-purist's ears are made of tin.  However, if a non-purist ever gets
hooked on hi-fi, s/he forsakes all and becomes a purist.  I know of no
purist ever returning to the non-purist group.

		Yours for higher fidelity,
		Phil Rastocny
		AT&T-ISL
		..!drutx!pmr