How Science Got Sound Wrong

falconquest,

I would like to think that no one is suggesting we don’t all perceive sound differently. I think that is a given. This is not even a discussion of whether 44.1/16bits is enough bandwidth/resolution. It is about whether audio sampled at 44.1 khz has sub-sample timing resolution. Well really it is not even a discussion, no more than 1+1 = 2, or whether the earth is round or flat. No one who understands sampling theory and digitized systems thinks that audio timing resolution, monaural or binaural, or any bandwidth limited system is limited to the sampling rate. The author of the paper flat out states that timing resolution is limited to sample rate. That is just not true. Unfortunately, things like this pop up every few years, then get smacked down, but people have short memories and don’t do the required due diligence.

If the author had just stuck with 20KHz is not enough bandwidth, then he would have had a fairly supportable position (no matter how many scream Redbook is enough). There is a pretty strong case to be made that 20KHz is not enough. There appears to be no case for beyond 96ksps (40KHz).

Unfortunately, people from both sides of the argument are more interested in emotional positions than ones based purely on facts.

Yes, beveling the outer edge of the CD to make the disc perfectly round is a good idea since it reduces the CD flutter and vibration. The disc still needs to be stiffened, I have a solution but it’s secret, it’s the Mystery Tweak.

I think it is a Mystery Freak.

Geoffkait I have to say to me you come off like someone with way to much time on their hands and enough knowledge and buzz word coherence to be dangerously misleading to people actually looking for answers. atdavid has you pegged correctly.
  atdavid I have a question unrelated to this thread but maybe you would know. I am looking for speaker box constructing software that would include the ability to model in deflectors to stop standing wave problems. Do you have any ideas?

Malman, do I look like I care what you think? 🙄 Your post is not only a drive-by shooting but it’s a hijacking. You can’t even stay on topic. And stop stalking me.