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Subject: Re: Digital recording...
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Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 23:50:28 EDT
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>In article <523@decwrl.UUCP> francini@argus.DEC writes:
>>I happened to read somewhere (the latest Digital Audio, I think) that the 
>>EIAJ is working on wrapping up the design of a standard for digital audio 
>>cassettes.  While they have yet to decide whether the system is going to be 
>>helical-scan or linear, one thing they HAVE decided is the sampling rate.
>>
>>48 kHz.
>>
>>This was set DELIBERATELY in order to prevent direct digital copying of 
>>CDs, with their 44.1 kHz sampling rate.
 
>I would like to know why anyone would want to do direct, digital
>copying of CDs to tape.
> 
>Seems to me that any such activity would be blatant violation of the
>copyright laws.  If that is what you're after, say so plainly.  Say
>PIRACY, not "direct digital copying".
> 
>If you don't think it's piracy, let's hear why not.
 
>	Steve Schley
Why not? Since when is it 'piracy' to strive for accuracy in recording?  
Why should some one be forced to put up with the losses that are 
undoubtably going to be incurred when the sound is run through the CD 
player's DAC and filters as well as the recorder's?  Suppose, like a lot of 
people, I would want to make tapes consisting of bits and pieces of 
different CDs?  What do I do then?  The copy made through the above 
process will have phase distortion, frequency aberrations, and God knows 
what else that it wouldn't have if it were a straight bit-for-bit copy.
As any computer person should know, a digital copy, as long as there are no 
uncorrectable data errors, is exactly the same as the original.

I find it amazing that the response to my original posting is running along 
the lines of the above, especially as this newsgroup is supposedly devoted 
to the pursuit of audio perfection.  Various people complain about tape 
hiss, distortion, and a myriad other problems that beset analog dubs of 
CDs.  I would have thought that the concept of direct digital copying would 
bring tears of joy (perhaps being a little melodramatic) to the 
audiophile's eyes (and ears).

And people wonder why audio technology is years behind the state of the 
art...

John Francini

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