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From: eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Digital Audio Cassettes...
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 18:19:01 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  4 18:19:01 1985
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> A more serious implication of these differing standards seems obvious
> to me:  it's going to make the introduction of a purely digital
> music system next to impossible!  Think of how nice it would be if
> your equalizer, ambience generator, preamp, etc. all operated on a
> stream of bits and output a different stream of bits.  No signal
> degradation until you eventually convert it to analog to drive the 
> speakers!  This will never become a reality now.....
> 
> 		Dave Wagner
> 		University of Washington Comp Sci Department
> 		wagner@washington.arpa
> 		{ihnp4,decvax,ucbvax}!uw-beaver!uw-wally!wagner

Not so!  It just means that the digital equipment will need to be a little smarter (and more expensive).  It will have to decide what the incoming data rate is
and adjust its clocks/counters accordingly.  I do agree that it would be much 
nicer and more aesthetic to have everything at the same rate.  Maybe if people
don't buy the digital cassettes they will have to be redesigned, or maybe 
someone will just introduce a digital cassette recorder with CD timing just to
be different. 


-- 
	Mike Eve     Boeing Aerospace, Seattle
	...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve


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